Across
- 2. Pit-like organs in the roof of a snake’s mouth
- 4. This part of the reptile brain is enlarged and controls muscle movement as well as interpreting sensory information
- 9. This era is nicknamed the Age of Reptiles
- 11. Islands where tuataras are found
- 12. This structure helps reptiles rip through the shell to hatch out of their eggs
- 13. This is the largest turtle species
- 15. Most reptiles have a heart with this many chambers
- 16. Copperheads use this type of venom to attack the nervous system of their prey
- 17. These are unique double copulatory organs found in reptiles
- 19. Reptiles lay this kind of egg
- 20. The dorsal surface of a turtle shell
- 22. Sound male alligators make during mating season
Down
- 1. Terrapins are often found in this type of water
- 3. This thin membrane is a scale that covers the eyes in snakes to protect their cornea
- 5. Rattlesnakes use this type of venom to attack red blood cells of their prey
- 6. The texture of a reptile egg shell
- 7. The ventral surface of a turtle shell
- 8. Circulatory loop that delivers deoxygenated blood back to the lungs to get oxygen
- 10. Type of movement used by desert snakes to minimize contact with hot sand
- 14. Snakes and lizards have this type of skull with moveable joints for consuming large prey
- 18. The shape of a snake’s tongue
- 21. Circulatory loop that delivers oxygenated blood to the organs around the body