| CLASS: ________________________ ORDERS: 1._______________________ 2. ________________________ 3. ___________________ 1. First vertebrates to move to _____________. Freshwater or ___________________. 2. ____________ present in tadpole stage, ______________ present in some adults or _____________________. 3. Skin is __________, ___________________, & _____________ & is used for __________________. 4. ________________ feet. Toes are soft & lack ___________________. ___________ skeleton. 5. Larval form (tadpoles) are ___________________ while adults are _______________________. 6. Larval form has a ______ chambered heart. Adults have a _______ chambered heart. Amphibians are ______________. Their body temperature varies with the environmental temperature. 7. ____________________ fertilization. Numerous eggs laid in watery environments. 8. ____________________________ occurs during development. ( limbs develop, tail disappears, gills are replaced by lungs). 9. ___________________ during winter. 10. ______________ large with small teeth in upper jaws (vomerine teeth). Two _______________ open into oral cavity. 11. _____________ present exit for digestive & reproductive systems. ORDER APODA caecilians body ____________ no limbs or girdles ORDER URODELA salamanders & newts 2 pairs of ________ limbs ORDER ANURA frogs & toads head & trunk fused 2 pairs of ______________ limbs CLASS: _________________ ORDERS: 1. _________________________ 2. ________________________ 3. ______________________ 4. ________________________ 1. _________________ or semiaquatic. 2. Body covered with ______________ - prevents loss of moisture. Skin shed through _______________. 3. Limbs, if present, with _________ on toes for climbing, digging, & moving on land. ______________ appendages. 4. Well-developed _____________. 5. Partial division of the heart _____________. 6. Ectothermic. 7. ______________________ eggs with a leathery, protective shell allows reproduction without a dependence on water. Layers of egg include : ______________ - surrounds the embryo filled with fluid ______________ - forms a container for stored food called the yolk ______________ - stores nitrogen wastes ______________ - lines the eggshell; responsible with the allantois for respiration ___________________ fertilization. 8. _________ skeleton. 9. Respiration by ____________. 10. _________________ present removal of wastes & eggs. ORDER CHELONIA _____________________________ - body encased in a shell dorsal _____________ joined with the ventral flattened ________________ - shell fused with ribs & thoracic vertebrae jaws with _________________ - no teeth oviparous ORDER RHYNCHOCEPHALIA snout head - __________________ - primitive lizard-like species New Zealand row of short spines on the back median pineal ______ - practically extinct ORDER SQUAMATA - ___________________ - body covered with plates scales on belly in ___________ pattern in lizards, in _________________________ in snakes pelvic girdle present in pythons - ______________ bone movable in both lizards & snakes ORDER CROCODILIA - ___________________________________ - bony plates in the skin - ____ digits on forelimbs, ____ on hindlimbs strong __________ for swimming - _______ chambered heart |
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