Reptiles quiz

More questions about Reptiles

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1. 1 Easy

   What is the documented maximum lifespan of a Galapagos giant tortoise?

   Answer: Over 170 years

   Why: Harriet hatched around 1830 and died at Australia Zoo in Queensland in 2006, at an estimated age of 175.

2. 2 Medium

   What feature distinguishes legless lizards from actual snakes?

   Answer: External ear openings

   Why: A snakelike, limb-reduced body has evolved about 25 times among lizards and their kin; ear holes and blinking eyelids still give the snake mimics away.

3. 3 Hard

   Which rear-fanged snake gland is homologous to viper venom glands?

   Answer: Duvernoy's gland

   Why: A dedicated muscle, the compressor glandulae, wraps the viper's venom gland and squeezes it under pressure during the strike.

4. 4 Easy

   Where does a snake's tongue go to process smells?

   Answer: The roof of its mouth

   Why: The two forked tips feed the paired vomeronasal organs separately, so a snake smells in stereo and can tell which side a scent trail lies on.

5. 5 Medium

   Through which body part do snakes primarily sense ground-borne vibrations?

   Answer: Jawbones

   Why: Snakes have no eardrum: the quadrate bone relays jaw tremors to a single ear bone, the columella; royal pythons feel them best near 80 to 160 hertz.

6. 6 Hard

   Which living New Zealand reptile belongs to Rhynchocephalia?

   Answer: Tuatara

   Why: The tuatara's lower teeth fit between two upper rows, then slide forward to slice food like a draw-cut saw.