| Reptile
Practice Quiz |
The following questions should help you to prepare for the
laboratory practical. Keep in mind that although this quiz is all multiple
choice, the actual practical will consist largely of fill-in-the-blank questions.
Do not use this quiz as your only preparation for the practical.
Use it as a guide to the kinds of material that you will need to study
in order to do well. Study all specimens presented in lab as well as
all of the reptile handouts. In addition to these kinds of questions,
remember that you will also have to identify specimens to family and/or genus
and species level.
1) Which of the following families does not have any members adapted for burrowing?
a. Amphisbaenidae
b. Dermatemydidae
c. Loxocemidae
d. Scincidae
e. Dibamidae
2) Which of the following modifications is a characteristic of fossorial life?
a. cloacal bursae
b. elongated snout
c. shortened tail
d. gastrosteges
e. trilobites
3) What character separates the squamates from rhyncocephalians?
a. a brille
b. loss of legs
c. cloacal opening oriented transversely
d. hemipenes
e. skin shed in its entirety
4) Snakes are most closely related to what other squamate lineage?
a. Varanidae
b. Corytophanidae
c. Chamaeleonidae
d. Polychrotidae
e. Hoplocercidae
5) Caiman is a common name for crocodilians in which family?
a. Gavialidae
b. Bataguridae
c. Alligatoridae
d. Crocodylidae
e. Amphisbaenidae
6) Lingual salt glands are an adaptation found in:
a. alligatorids living in freshwater marshes
b. alligatorids living in brackish water
c. alligatorids living in New York sewers
d. crocodylids living in freshwater marshes
e. crocodylids living in brackish water
7) Which of the following is not a turtle adaptation for eating crustaceans and mollusks?
a. spines
b. pronounced saggital crest
c. flattened jaws
d. flattened maxillary surfaces
e. enlarged jaws
8) Which turtle family has reduced bony plates with a leathery carapace and plastron?
a. Trionychidae
b. Bataguridae
c. Emydidae
d. Testudinidae
e. Podocnemidae
9) Which of the following families of turtles does not contain terrestrial box turtle morphs?
a. Pelomedusidae
b. Bataguridae
c. Emydidae
d. Chelidae
e. Testudinidae
10) Which of the following is not a reptile adaptation for aquatic life?
a. cloacal bursae
b. valvular nostrils
c. loreal pits
d. dorso-ventrally flattened tail
e. webbed feet
11) Which of the following turtle families is viviparous?
a. Chelydridae
b. Podonemidae
c. Dermochelidae
d. Chelydridae
e. no turtles are viviparous
12) Which of the following is not a lizard adaptation for dwelling in sand?
a. lamellae and setae on toes
b. fringed toes
c. special valves for closing nostrils
d. shiny, slick scales
e. overlapping eyelids
13) Which of the following families has pleurodont teeth only in the front of the mouth?
a. Iguanidae
b. Polychrotidae
c. Corytophanidae
d. Agamidae
e. Hoplocercidae
14) Draco volans, the flying lizard, is a member of what family?
a. Agamidae
b. Colubridae
c. Varanidae
d. Polychrotidae
e. Crotaphytidae
15) Which of the following is not an adaptation for arboreal life?
a. zygodactylous feet
b. setae on feet
c. lamellae on feet
d. prehensile tail
e. spiny tail
16) Which of the following families has herbivorous species?
a. Elapidae
b. Phrynosomatidae
c. Iguanidae
d. Alligatoridae
e. Typhlopidae
17) Which of the following lays only two eggs at a time?
a. Viperidae
b. Gekkonidae
c. Lacertidae
d. Dermochelidae
e. Iguanidae
18) Which of the following has species that use acoustic signals in courtship?
a. Amphisbaenidae
b. Sphenodontidae
c. Teiidae
d. Chelydridae
e. Gekkonidae
19) Which of the following families does not have legless members?
a. Amphisbaenidae
b. Polychrotidae
c. Scincidae
d. Gekkonidae
e. Colubridae
20) Which of the following families has some parthenogenic species?
a. Emydidae
b. Teiidae
c. Uropeltidae
d. Agamidae
e. Boidae
21) Which of the following families does not have venomous members?
a. Helodermatidae
b. Colubridae
c. Typhlopidae
d. Elapidae
e. Viperidae
22) Which of the following lizards occurs in New England?
a. Sceloporus undulatus
b. Uta stansburiana
c. Anolis carolinensis
d. Sauromalus obesus
e. Eumeces fasciatus
23) Which of the following species preys on other lizards?
a. Anolis carolinensis
b. Crotaphytus collaris
c. Sauromalus obesus
d. Uta stansburiana
e. Sceloporus undulatus
24) Which of the following is not a modification for prey specialization in snakes?
a. sublingual salt glands
b. increased cranial kinesis
c. halves of lower jaw attached by connective tissue
d. mobile snout region
e. venom glands
25) Hinged teeth (not fangs) are a snake adaptation for feeding on:
a. slugs
b. small mammals
c. turtles
d. skinks
e. other snakes
26) Opistoglyphic dentition is characteristic of which family:
a. Xanthanotidae
b. Elapidae
c. Colubridae
d. Viperidae
e. Leptotyphlopidae
27) Which of the following groups does not contain aquatic species:
a. Hydrophiinae
b. Anomalepidae
c. Acrochordidae
d. Natricinae
e. Homalopsinae
28) Which of the following groups does not contain fossorial species:
a. Anomalepidae
b. Typhlopidae
c. Uropeltidae
d. Atractaspidae
e. Acrochordidae
29) Which of the following families is the most basal/ancestral:
a. Typlopidae
b. Elapidae
c. Xenopeltidae
d. Acrochordidae
e. Bolyeriidae
30) Which of the following groups is specialized to feed on bird eggs:
a. Hydrophiinae
b. Dasypeltinae
c. Xenodontinae
d. Natricinae
e. Homalopsinae
31) Which continent has the highest proportion of venomous snakes in the world?
a. South America
b. Antarctica
c. Europe
d. North America
e. Australia
32) Which of the following families is not found in South America?
a. Crocodylidae
b. Amphisbaenidae
c. Trionychidae
d. Tropiduridae
e. Viperidae
33) Which of the following genera does not contain venomous snakes?
a. Micrurus
b. Atractaspis
c. Bothrops
d. Hydrophis
e. Eunectes
34) Which of the following Connecticut snakes gives birth to live young (viviparous or ovoviviparous)?
a. Carphophis amoenus
b. Coluber constrictor
c. Heterodon platyrhinos
d. Nerodia sipedon
e. Lampropeltis triangulum
35) Which of the following Connecticut snakes is my favorite snake and eats slugs among other things?
a. Storeria dekayi
b. Agkistrodon contortrix
c. Elaphe obsoleta
d. Heterodon platyrhinos
e. Nerodia sipedon
1) Which of the following families does not have any members adapted for burrowing?
a. Amphisbaenidae
b. Dermatemydidae
c. Loxocemidae
d. Scincidae
e. Dibamidae
2) Which of the following modifications is a characteristic of fossorial life?
a. cloacal bursae
b. elongated snout
c. shortened tail
d. gastrosteges
e. trilobites
3) What character separates the squamates from rhyncocephalians?
a. a brille
b. loss of legs
c. cloacal opening oriented transversely
d. hemipenes
e. skin shed in its entirety
4) Snakes are most closely related to what other squamate lineage?
a. Varanidae
b. Corytophanidae
c. Chamaeleonidae
d. Polychrotidae
e. Hoplocercidae
5) Caiman is a common name for crocodilians in which family?
a. Gavialidae
b. Bataguridae
c. Alligatoridae
d. Crocodylidae
e. Amphisbaenidae
6) Lingual salt glands are an adaptation found in:
a. alligatorids living in freshwater marshes
b. alligatorids living in brackish water
c. alligatorids living in New York sewers
d. crocodylids living in freshwater marshes
e. crocodylids living in brackish water
7) Which of the following is not a turtle adaptation for eating crustaceans and mollusks?
a. spines
b. pronounced saggital crest
c. flattened jaws
d. flattened maxillary surfaces
e. enlarged jaws
8) Which turtle family has reduced bony plates with a leathery carapace and plastron?
a. Trionychidae
b. Bataguridae
c. Emydidae
d. Testudinidae
e. Podocnemidae
9) Which of the following families of turtles does not contain terrestrial box turtle morphs?
a. Pelomedusidae
b. Bataguridae
c. Emydidae
d. Chelidae
e. Testudinidae
10) Which of the following is not a reptile adaptation for aquatic life?
a. cloacal bursae
b. valvular nostrils
c. loreal pits
d. dorso-ventrally flattened tail
e. webbed feet
11) Which of the following turtle families is viviparous?
a. Chelydridae
b. Podonemidae
c. Dermochelidae
d. Chelydridae
e. no turtles are viviparous
12) Which of the following is not a lizard adaptation for dwelling in sand?
a. lamellae and setae on toes
b. fringed toes
c. special valves for closing nostrils
d. shiny, slick scales
e. overlapping eyelids
13) Which of the following families has pleurodont teeth only in the front of the mouth?
a. Iguanidae
b. Polychrotidae
c. Corytophanidae
d. Agamidae
e. Hoplocercidae
14) Draco volans, the flying lizard, is a member of what family?
a. Agamidae
b. Colubridae
c. Varanidae
d. Polychrotidae
e. Crotaphytidae
15) Which of the following is not an adaptation for arboreal life?
a. zygodactylous feet
b. setae on feet
c. lamellae on feet
d. prehensile tail
e. spiny tail
16) Which of the following families has herbivorous species?
a. Elapidae
b. Phrynosomatidae
c. Iguanidae
d. Alligatoridae
e. Typhlopidae
17) Which of the following lays only two eggs at a time?
a. Viperidae
b. Gekkonidae
c. Lacertidae
d. Dermochelidae
e. Iguanidae
18) Which of the following has species that use acoustic signals in courtship?
a. Amphisbaenidae
b. Sphenodontidae
c. Teiidae
d. Chelydridae
e. Gekkonidae
19) Which of the following families does not have legless members?
a. Amphisbaenidae
b. Polychrotidae
c. Scincidae
d. Gekkonidae
e. Colubridae
20) Which of the following families has some parthenogenic species?
a. Emydidae
b. Teiidae
c. Uropeltidae
d. Agamidae
e. Boidae
21) Which of the following families does not have venomous members?
a. Helodermatidae
b. Colubridae
c. Typhlopidae
d. Elapidae
e. Viperidae
22) Which of the following lizards occurs in New England?
a. Sceloporus undulatus
b. Uta stansburiana
c. Anolis carolinensis
d. Sauromalus obesus
e. Eumeces fasciatus
23) Which of the following species preys on other lizards?
a. Anolis carolinensis
b. Crotaphytus collaris
c. Sauromalus obesus
d. Uta stansburiana
e. Sceloporus undulatus
24) Which of the following is not a modification for prey specialization in snakes?
a. sublingual salt glands
b. increased cranial kinesis
c. halves of lower jaw attached by connective tissue
d. mobile snout region
e. venom glands
25) Hinged teeth (not fangs) are a snake adaptation for feeding on:
a. slugs
b. small mammals
c. turtles
d. skinks
e. other snakes
26) Opistoglyphic dentition is characteristic of which family:
a. Xanthanotidae
b. Elapidae
c. Colubridae
d. Viperidae
e. Leptotyphlopidae
27) Which of the following groups does not contain aquatic species:
a. Hydrophiinae
b. Anomalepidae
c. Acrochordidae
d. Natricinae
e. Homalopsinae
28) Which of the following groups does not contain fossorial species:
a. Anomalepidae
b. Typhlopidae
c. Uropeltidae
d. Atractaspidae
e. Acrochordidae
29) Which of the following families is the most basal/ancestral:
a. Typlopidae
b. Elapidae
c. Xenopeltidae
d. Acrochordidae
e. Bolyeriidae
30) Which of the following groups is specialized to feed on bird eggs:
a. Hydrophiinae
b. Dasypeltinae
c. Xenodontinae
d. Natricinae
e. Homalopsinae
31) Which continent has the highest proportion of venomous snakes in the world?
a. South America
b. Antarctica
c. Europe
d. North America
e. Australia
32) Which of the following families is not found in South America?
a. Crocodylidae
b. Amphisbaenidae
c. Trionychidae
d. Tropiduridae
e. Viperidae
33) Which of the following genera does not contain venomous snakes?
a. Micrurus
b. Atractaspis
c. Bothrops
d. Hydrophis
e. Eunectes
34) Which of the following Connecticut snakes gives birth to live young (viviparous or ovoviviparous)?
a. Carphophis amoenus
b. Coluber constrictor
c. Heterodon platyrhinos
d. Nerodia sipedon
e. Lampropeltis triangulum
35) Which of the following Connecticut snakes is my favorite snake and eats slugs among other things?
a. Storeria dekayi
b. Agkistrodon contortrix
c. Elaphe obsoleta
d. Heterodon platyrhinos
e. Nerodia sipedon
