This heavy bodied
ground-dwelling viper
has the largest
fangs of any snake.
TRUE or FALSE?
Snakes are really a specialized
group of legless lizards.
Adult American
alligators can reach
lengths of
feet!
?
This massive
turtle uses its
wormlike tongue
to lure prey.
TRUE or FALSE?
All turtles can pull their heads into
their shells to protect themselves.
A crocodilian may
replace as many as
sets of teeth in
its lifetime.
Snakes and many lizards utilize
this sense to locate food and
mates:
Animals that are active during the
day are called
while animals that prefer to
come out at night are
considered
.
Chameleons use
specially adapted
cells called
to move pigment
through their skin.
Garter snakes and
other species go
through a kind of
hibernation called
?
TRUE or FALSE?
Rattlesnakes attach dry foliage
to their tails to create rattles.
This member of the
Elapidae family of
snakes is the fastest
snake in the world.
TRUE or FALSE?
Pythons and anacondas use
venom to subdue their prey.
.
TRUE or FALSE?
An adult King Cobra carries
enough venom to kill an elephant.
Roughly
species
of snakes have
evolved venom.
Vipers use special
organs called
to “see” body heat.
This amphibian has frilly external
gills that allow it to breathe
underwater.
?
Frogs and other
amphibians live on
every continent
except:
TRUE or FALSE?
A single terriblis dart frog contains
enough poison to kill 50 people.
Cuban rock iguanas
do what to expel
excess salt from
their bodies?
Female komodo
dragons may lay up
to
eggs at a time.
TRUE or FALSE?
Komodo dragons are likely the
most intelligent lizards.
One captive Aldabra
tortoise was
reported to have
lived for
years!
TRUE or FALSE?
Emu chicks stay with their father
for up to a year after hatching.
Archosaurs are the "ruling
reptiles." Two living groups
remain, crocodilians and
?
.
These duck-billed
hadrosaurs
likely nested in
large colonies.
TRUE or FALSE?
Birds are living dinosaurs.
Tyrannosaurus rex
was “king of the
dinosaurs” during
this geological
period:
Test your Reptile IQ!
Explore the zoo to find
the answers.
Reptiles and amphibians are
-blooded, meaning
that they rely on outisde sources
of heat (like the sun) to warm
their bodies.
TRUE or FALSE?
Turtles and tortoises leave their
shells when they outgrow them.
Adult galapagos
tortoises can reach
weights up to
pounds!
You can distinguish between
alligators and crocodiles by
looking at
.