Snake Discovery
Across
- 2. Monkey Tailed skinks are _________, meaning they give live birth and provide placentas for their young.
- 3. Crested geckos come from the island of _____ __________.
- 7. Like other ________ boas, the cooks boas are a relatively aggressive species and known to strike.
- 8. These turtles can live up to 50 years and are found around North America.
- 12. This species of lizard has a very toxic venom, but it's more helpful as a digestion aid than a defense mechanism.
- 13. This species of gecko are also known as "pajama geckos".
- 15. The Black Tailed ______ can grow up to 9 feet long and are one of the largest colubrid snakes in the world!
Down
- 1. The females of this species will "shiver" to keep their eggs warm during incubation.
- 4. Our _______ _________ Rex is stunted and malformed due to being kept in a 4ft wooden box and neglected for 27 years
- 5. This frog has unique and interesting coloration making it look like bird droppings.
- 6. This species of lizard is thought to be warm-blooded during the breeding season.
- 9. This species of snake has a very loud hiss and will shake its tail to imitate a rattlesnake
- 10. The name of our female Argentine Boa who survived a house fire.
- 11. ________ guentheri, the scientific name for Solomon Island Leaf Frog.
- 14. This species of snake was originally thought to be a python but were discovered to be boas in 1995.