Reptiles and Amphibians

What this quiz asks

• Reptiles rely on their surroundings to control their body temperature. What are such animals called?
• Besides their lungs, many amphibians can also take in oxygen through what?
• Snakes have no eyelids.
• The axolotl, a salamander that keeps its feathery gills for life, comes from lakes in which country?
• How can you usually tell a crocodile from an alligator when its mouth is closed?
• In most species of this animal, what does the temperature of the buried eggs decide?
• Select ALL of these animals that are amphibians.
• Do all snakes lay eggs?
• The tuatara, a lizard-like reptile whose relatives lived alongside the dinosaurs, is found wild only in which country?
• How can geckos run up smooth glass?
• How do pythons usually kill their prey?
• Crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards.
• A female green sea turtle lays roughly how many eggs in a single nest?
• Order these animals from lightest to heaviest typical adult male.
• Where do poison dart frogs live in the wild?
• When threatened by a coyote or dog, some horned lizards defend themselves in a startling way. How?
• Rattlesnakes and other pit vipers can find warm-blooded prey in total darkness. What do they use?
• Select ALL of these reptiles that are lizards.
• Which of these legless, burrowing animals is an amphibian?
• In which frog does the male raise the tadpoles inside his vocal sac?