A snake has small scales on its belly, the tail being compressed laterally, it is a
krait
viper
sea snake
rat snake
Correct Answer :
C. sea snake
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The snakes belong to the group
Chelonia
Ophidia
Lacertilia
Rhyncocephalia
A snake lacks middle ear, but perceives sound through
air
snout
skin
tongue
A viviparous lizard is
Mabuya
Chameleon
Hemidactylus
None of these
Which of these is false ?
The eardrum and middle ear are absent in snakes
Turtles are terrestrial whereas tortoises are aquatic
The rami of lower chin is fused in lizards
Crocodiles have a compressed tail
Typhlop is
glass snake
blind snake
tree snake
sea snake
Which is not true of reptiles ?
Their body is covered with dry, horny, mesodermal scales
Their skin is devoid of glands
They are poikilothermous
Their skeletons are more bony than in amphibians
Gap of the mouth is very wide in
Wall lizard
Vipers
Flying lizard
Garden lizard
In poisonous snakes, the poison injecting teeth or fangs develop on
mandibles
maxilla
squamosal
quadrate
If the dorsal median row of scales on the back are large and the fourth infralabial is largest, it is a
cobra
python
viper
krait
Glass snake is a
true snake
lizard
protochordate
pseudosnake
All reptiles are
Poikilothermic and Amniotic
Homiothermic and Amniotic
Poikilothermic and Anamniotic
Homiothermic and Anamniotic
Special articular surfaces on the vertebrae of snakes are
pre- and post-zygapophysis
zygantera and zygosphenes
neural arches and haemal arches
none of these
A snake has small scales on its belly, the tail being compressed laterally, it is a
krait
viper
sea snake
rat snake
A snake has
movable eyelids
immovable eyelids
noeyeslids
only nictitating membrane
The ability to change colour rapidly so as to blend with the background of their environment is best seen in
Snakes
Crocodiles
Turtles
Chameleons
In the classifcation by Huxley, reptiles and birds were grouped under
Diapsida
Sauropsida
Ichthyopsida
Synapsida
Cobra can be distinguished by the presence of
agile habit
hood
black colour
hood and III large supralabials
Crocodiles have
acrodont and homodont dentition
homodont and thecodont dentition
heterodont and thecodont dentition
heterodont and acrodont dentition
The long and powerful tail of crocodiles is
dorsoventraly flattened
compressed from side to side
cylindrical and tapering
all of these
Greatly elongated snout is seen in
garial
alligator
crocodile
both (b) and (c)
Which one of these is a fossil ?
Hetttidaclylus
Chameleon
Draco
Sphenodon
Which of the following reptiles have the shortest tail ?
Garden lizard
Cobra
Chameleon
Python
Which of these is false ?
Lizards have two pairs of pentadactyl limbs
Crocodile has webbed feet
Crocodiles are included under the sub-class Diapsida
The only poisonous lizard is varanus
Toothless reptile is
snake
chelone
sea snake
lizard
The only poisonous lizard of the world is
Varanus-monitor lizard
Heloderma-g\l& monster
Ophiosaurus-glass snake
Chameleon-coloured lizard
The locomotion of snake is helped by
ribs and reduced limbs
ribs only
reduced limbs
reduced ribs
If a snake has small belly scales and a cylindrical tail, it is a
poisonous snake
non-poisonous snake
(a) or (b)
(a) and (b)
The study of lizard is known as
Herpetology
Saurology
Nidology
None of these
Vertebrae of reptiles are
Amphicoelous
Procoelous
Platycoelous
Gastrocoelous
Which one of these is a sea snake?
Eryx johnii
Naja naja
Enhydrina
Bungarus