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Multiple choice zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) amphibia and reptilia amphibia classifications of chordata

A non-poisonous snake is______________.

  1. Viper

  2. Python

  3. Bungarus

  4. Sea snake
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Vipers are a family of venomous snakes, the Viperidae. All have long, hinged fangs that dig deep into their prey and inject venom. 
  • Sea snakes are venomous. They are typically found in Indo-Australian and Southeast Asian waters.  
  • Bungarus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, the kraits found in South and Southeast Asia.  
  • Pythons are a family of non-venomous snakes, the Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia. 
  • so the correct answer is option B.
Multiple choice zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) amphibia and reptilia amphibia classifications of chordata

Living fossil lizard of New Zeal and/Sphenodon belongs to___________.

  1. Rhyncocephalia

  2. Squamata

  3. Chelonia

  4. Crocodilia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Living fossil lizard of new zeal and sphenodon belongs to Rhyncocephalia. The single species of Tuatara is the only surmising member of its order, which flourished around 200 million years ago.

Multiple choice zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) amphibia and reptilia amphibia classifications of chordata

The extinct reptiles without temporal fossae belong to ______________.

  1. Chelonia

  2. Synaptosauria

  3. Ichthyopterygia

  4. Cotylosauria
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cotylosauria, often called stem reptiles, are the most primitive reptiles and are characterized by an anapsid skull, meaning they lack temporal fossae. Chelonia (turtles) also have anapsid skulls, but Cotylosauria is the broader ancestral group typically associated with this definition in evolutionary biology contexts.

Multiple choice zoology animal diversity - ii (phylum: chordata) amphibia and reptilia amphibia classifications of chordata

Vertebrae in sub-order ophidia are_______________.

  1. Procoelous

  2. Acoelous

  3. Amphicoelous

  4. Heterocoelus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • The anterior middle portion of vertebrae is known as centrum and a posterior vertebral arch known as the neural arch. 
  • The procoelous vertebra is convex at the anterior side while convex at the posterior side. 
  • Ophidia is a suborder that includes snakes and reptiles and has procoelous vertebrae.
  • So option A is the correct answer