Reptiles quiz

More questions about Reptiles

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1. 1 Easy

   What shape is the snout of a typical American alligator?

   Answer: U-shaped

   Why: Shut an alligator's mouth and its big teeth vanish into sockets, while a crocodile's largest tooth still juts out in plain view.

2. 2 Medium

   How many times its body length can a chameleon's tongue extend?

   Answer: Two times

   Why: The tongue is fired by elastic tissue rather than muscle, and the smallest chameleon species shoot theirs proportionally the farthest.

3. 3 Hard

   What determines the sex of many baby sea turtles?

   Answer: Nest temperature

   Why: Near 29°C a clutch comes out about half and half; above roughly 31°C almost every hatchling is female, and below 27.7°C almost all are male.

4. 4 Easy

   Which species currently holds the title of the world's largest living reptile?

   Answer: Saltwater crocodile

   Why: Adult males can top 1,000 kg, and the biggest one ever held in captivity, Lolong, measured 6.17 metres in the Philippines.

5. 5 Medium

   Why do chameleons primarily change their skin color?

   Answer: To communicate emotions

   Why: Excitement loosens the guanine crystal lattice inside skin cells called iridophores by about 30 percent, flipping a calm blue into yellow and red.

6. 6 Hard

   What membrane ion channel receptor lets pit vipers sense ambient infrared heat radiation?

   Answer: TRPA1

   Why: While humans use TRPA1 to detect chemical irritants like mustard oil, pit vipers evolved to use it as a thermal camera.