The group of reptiles similar to sphenodon is
turtles and tortoises
alligators
snakes
lizards
Correct Answer :
D. lizards
Related Questions
Which is not a true snake ?
Glass snake
Coral snake
Rat snake
Blind snake
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)
Typhlop is
glass snake
blind snake
tree snake
sea snake
The snakes belong to the group
Chelonia
Ophidia
Lacertilia
Rhyncocephalia
The group of reptiles similar to sphenodon is
turtles and tortoises
alligators
snakes
lizards
The belly scales on the body of a snake are broad and the third supralabial scale touches the eye and the nasal shield, it is a
viper
krait
sea snake
cobra
The only poisonous lizard of the world is
Varanus-monitor lizard
Heloderma-g\l& monster
Ophiosaurus-glass snake
Chameleon-coloured lizard
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 urinary bladder is absent in
Chameleon
House lizard
Snake
Crocodile
A parietal eye is found in
coral snake
sea snake
sphenodon
garden lizard
The venom of cobra effects
nervous system
respiratory system
digestive system
excretory system
A snake lacks middle ear, but perceives sound through
air
snout
skin
tongue
The long and powerful tail of crocodiles is
dorsoventraly flattened
compressed from side to side
cylindrical and tapering
all of these
The study of lizard is known as
Herpetology
Saurology
Nidology
None of these
Cobra can be distinguished by the presence of
agile habit
hood
black colour
hood and III large supralabials
A well developed secondary palate is found in
garden lizard
crocodiles
cobras
vipers
A snake has
movable eyelids
immovable eyelids
noeyeslids
only nictitating membrane
The main difference between a lizard and a snake is that
a lizard has limbs while a snake is limbless
a lizard has movable eyelids while in snake the eyelids are immovble
a snake has functionable ear while in lizards the ears are non-functionable
a snake is poisonous while lizards are non-poisonous
Moulting or shedding of skin in snakes is done by
dermis
epidermis
cornified cells
stratum germinativum
Which one of these is a fossil ?
Hetttidaclylus
Chameleon
Draco
Sphenodon
Which one of these is a sea snake?
Eryx johnii
Naja naja
Enhydrina
Bungarus
The number of cranial nerves in a reptile is
8 pairs
10 pairs
12 pairs
20 paris
The venom of viper effects
respiratory system
circulatory system
digestive system
nervous system
In the classifcation by Huxley, reptiles and birds were grouped under
Diapsida
Sauropsida
Ichthyopsida
Synapsida
A limbless lizard is
Ophiothrix
Heloderma
Ophiosaurus
Both (a) and (b)
The locomotion of snake is helped by
ribs and reduced limbs
ribs only
reduced limbs
reduced ribs
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
A snake has small scales on its belly, the tail being compressed laterally, it is a
krait
viper
sea snake
rat snake
Crocodiles have
acrodont and homodont dentition
homodont and thecodont dentition
heterodont and thecodont dentition
heterodont and acrodont dentition
A viviparous lizard is
Mabuya
Chameleon
Hemidactylus
None of these