<p> Worksheet 29: Reptiles</p><p>A. Web site name: University of Pittsburgh Web URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/SoNA.html</p><p>Read “Snakes of North America”</p><p>1) What are two primitive features of “slender blind snakes”?</p><p>2) Why do you think these snakes are blind?</p><p>3) What is the color of the “Rubber boa”?</p><p>4) Which is the largest family of snakes?</p><p>Click on two different Colubrid snakes, and fill in the information below:</p><p>5) Scientific name: Color of snake:</p><p>Scientific name: Color of snake:</p><p>6) Are the fangs of cobras in the front or the rear of the mouth?</p><p>7) What do coral snakes eat?</p><p>8) Look at the photograph of the Yellowbelly Sea Snake. Why do you think the end of its tail is flattened?</p><p>9) Why are rattlesnakes a “truly American family”?</p><p>10) Most rattlesnakes are in the genus: ______</p><p>11) What color is the Timber rattlesnake? B. Web site name: University of Georgia Web URL: http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/index.htm</p><p>Look at “Snakes of South Carolina and Georgia”</p><p>12) Click on two different snakes, and summarize the information about them:</p><p>Name of snake: Information:</p><p>Name of snake: Information:</p><p>Click on “Reptiles and Amphibians of SC and GA” at the bottom of the screen, then click on “Lizards” </p><p>13) Where do green anoles live?</p><p>14) What do brown anoles eat?</p><p>15) Which skink listed here is in a different genus from the other three?</p><p>16) How can you tell that the five-lined skink in the photograph is a juvenile?</p><p>17) What type of forest do Broad-headed skinks prefer?</p><p>18) Which part of Florida has Coal skinks? C. Web site name: Science Daily Web URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070928203128.htm</p><p>Read “Biologists close in on mystery of Sea Turtles ‘Lost Years’ ”</p><p>19) Which type of turtle is the subject of this study?</p><p>20) What do turtles feed on in the open ocean?</p><p>21) What does their “vegetarian diet” consist of?</p><p>22) Why may this information aid in conservation of the turtles?</p><p>23) Which biologist wrote “The Handbook of Turtles?</p><p>24) How deep is the ocean over continental shelves?</p><p>25) Which technique was used to distinguish herbivores from carnivores?</p><p>26) Where were the turtles in this study captured?</p><p>27) Why did explorers and colonists prize turtles?</p><p>28) When was the Endangered Species Act signed into law?</p><p>D. Web site name: Florida Museum of Natural History Web URL: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/csl.html</p><p>Read “Crocodilian Species List”</p><p>29) How many species of crocodilian are there worldwide?</p><p>Click on “Distribution Maps” on the left of the screen.</p><p>30) Which two parts of the world have the most crocodilians per country?</p><p>Click on “Species list” at the top of the screen, then click on “Nile Crocodile” 31) What is the average length of the Nile crocodile?</p><p>32) What do adult crocodiles eat?</p><p>33) How do spur-winged plovers help the crocodile?</p><p>34) What is an example of “primitive tool use”?</p><p>35) What are three countries where large populations can be found?</p><p>Click on “A. mississippiensis” at the top left of the page</p><p>36) Why are alligators found in brackish water but not in the sea?</p><p>37) Can alligators survive freezing?</p><p>38) At what temperature do alligators stop foraging?</p><p>Click on “bellowing” then click on “Courtship bellow”</p><p>39) Describe the sound of the bellow:</p><p>Click on one other alligator call.</p><p>40) Type of call:</p><p>Describe the call:</p>