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Cryptodires refer to animals who...
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retract head into shell by ending neck in S-shape
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retract head into shell by bending neck horizontally
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were thought to be extinct, but turned out to be extant
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were thought to be extant, but turned out to be extinct
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Traits of marine turtles include...
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cryptodires
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pleurodires
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carapace
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scutes
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breathe by forcing viscera upward to exhale, and inward to inhale
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breathe by forcing diaphragm upward to exhale, and downward to inhale
Pregunta 3
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How many species of marine turtles are there?
Pregunta 4
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Label the parts of the shell/turtle identifiers
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central scutes
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lateral scutes
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prefrontal scales
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infra-marginal scutes
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carapace
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plastron
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Turtles are long-lived and late maturing
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Turtle thermoregulation includes:
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Turtles are very social creatures, and aggregate in large groups
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Which are common predators for turtle hatchlings?
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ghost crabs
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sea birds
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mammals
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large sharks
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killer whales
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feral dogs
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humans
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Which are common predators for adult turtles?
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large sharks
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killer whales
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feral dogs
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humans
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ghost crabs
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sea birds
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mammals
Pregunta 10
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Caretta caretta is the formal name for the...
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the Loggerhead Sea Turtle:
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reddish carapace
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large head and heavy jaws
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elongate shells, with serrated ridges on rear
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circumglobal range, estuaries and salt water, tropical to subtropical waters
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diet: molluscs, sponges, crabs
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gray, olive, or yellowish carapace, hearth-shaped, compact
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Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
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diet: crustaceans, molluscs, sea urchins, fish
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Lepidochelys kempsii is the formal name for the...
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
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Flatback Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
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gray, olive, or yellowish carapace, heart-shaped, compact
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Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
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Diet: crustaceans, molluscs, sea urchins, fish
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Circumtropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, Eastern Atlantic, S. Caribbean...
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Diet: molluscs, sponges, crabs
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Elongate shells, with seerrated ridges on rear
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Lepidochelys olivacea is the common name for the
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
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Flatback Sea Turtle
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
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olive to yellowish carapace, heart-shaped, flattened
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Range: Circumtropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, eastern Atlantic, S. Caribbean...
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arribada or solitary nesting
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Diet: jellies, crustaceans, sea urchins, fish
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chestnut brown shell wit black and yellow tortoiseshell markings, ragged rear edges
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Circmtropical waters, coral reefs
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Diet: sponges
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Eretmochelys imbricata is the formal name for the...
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the hawksbill sea turtle
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chestnut brown shell with black and yellow tortoiseshell markings, carapace ragged rear edges
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scutes overlap slightly
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Circumtropical waters, coral reefs
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Diet: Sponges
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flattened carapace, olive green to gray
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Australia
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Diet: soft corals, sea cucumbers, crustaceans, mollusks, sometimes sea grass
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Natator depressus is the the formal name for the...
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Flatback sea turtle
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the Flatback Sea Turtle
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Flattened carapace, olive green to gray
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Australia
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Diet: soft corals, sea cucumbers, crustaceans, mollusks, sometimes sea grass
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Olive brown, flecked to mottled markings
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Circumtropical to subtropical
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Diet: seagrass, algae, invertebrates
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Chelonia mydas is the formal name for the...
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Green Sea Turtle
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the Green Sea Turtle
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Olive brown, flecked to mottled markings
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single claw on front flippers, serrated lower jaw
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Circumtropical to subtropical
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Diet: seagrass, algae, invertebrates
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flattened carapace, olive green to gray
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Cosmopolitan
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Diet: jellyfish, salps, pyrosomes
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Dermochelys coriacea is the formal name for the...
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the Leatherback Sea Turtle
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Highly modified carapace
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Cosmopolitan range
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bluish back to dark gray
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endothermy
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diet: jellyfish, salps, pyrosomes
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diet: sagrass, algae, invertebrates
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Circumtropical to subtropical
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Amblyrhynchus cristatus is the formal name for the...
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Marine Iguana
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American Alligator
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle
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Subfamily Hydrophiinae is home to the...
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sea snakes and kraits
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crocodilians
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marine iguana
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turtles
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Check all that apply to sea snakes and kraits
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paddle-like tails, laterally compressed bodies
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venomous
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respiration across skin and salt excretion in sublingual glands
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diet: fish and octopods
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ovoviviparous
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amphibious
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Diet: crustaceans and mollusks
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Crocodilians have temperature-dependent sex determination
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Crocodilians have little to no parental care
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Crocodilians utilize what kind of predation?
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lie-in-wait
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chase
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bait
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ambush
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Crocodylus acutus is the formal name for the...
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American Crocodile
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Saltwater Crocodile
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Marine Iguana
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Green Sea Turtle
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Check all that apply to the American Crocodile
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gray-green to olive, narrow head profile
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Extreme S. Florida and FL Keys
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Diet: fish, crabs, birds, turtles, snakes, small mammals
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Diet: opportunistic predators, pythons
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dark gray to black, broad head profile and rounded snout
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North Carolina to FL Keys to Gulf Coast
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Alligator mississippiensis is the formal name for the...
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American Alligator
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American Crocodile
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Saltwater Crocodile
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Marine Iguana
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Check all that apply to the American Alligator
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dark gray to black, borad head profile and rounded snout
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North Carolina to FL Keys to Gulf Coast
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Diet: opportunistic predators, pythons
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gray-green to olive, narrow head profile
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Extreme S. Florida and FL Keys
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Diet: fish, crabs, birds, turtles, snakes, small mammals