Reptile Scavenger Hunt

“The living fossil”

RETICULATEDPYTHON

The living fossil order

tuatara

How do reptiles conserve water?

sphenodonta

Scientists agree on what killed the dinosaurs?

Pasty feces

1 INVALID hypothesis on what killed the dinosaurs

GLOBALCLIMATECHANGE

Top of the tuatara’s head lays a….

Small mammals ateall the dinosaur eggs!

When snakes move in a straight line

3RD EYE

Land dinosaur with 3 horns

RECTILINEAR MOTION

OLDEST CHELONIAN

TRICERATOPS

Small/short armed land dinosaur

GALAPAGOSTORTOISE

Organs that detect smell

T-REX

Horned pterosaur

JACOBSON’S ORGANS

Snake movement with 2 pts of contact

DIMORPHODAN

Lays eggs

SIDEWINDER

Bacteria carrying large lizard

OVIPAROUS

Venomous lizard

KOMODODRAGON

Egg water

GILAMONSTER

Amniote diffusion membrane/waste removal

AMNIOTIC FLUID

“modified egg” in mammals

ALLANTOIS

Crocodilians with U-shaped snout

PLACENTA

African croc

ALLIGATOR

African venomous snake (aggressive)

NILECROCOCDILE

Venomous Australian snake/aggressive

BLACK MAMBA

Most numerous reptile order

EASTERNBROWN

Carapacial Order

SQUAMATA

Ventral part of the turtle shell

CHELONIA

Ditches the tail/survival tactic

plastron

Indian crocodilian

CAUDAL AUTOTOMY

EGG WHITE

GAVIAL

Strangling Squamatan

ALBUMIN