Typhlop is a
(a) True snake
(b) False snake
(c) True worm
(d) Shark
Which one of the following is a matching pair of an animal and its a one of the characteristics?
(a) Chamaelon – binocular vision
(b) Heloderma – poison gland
(c) Varanus – prehensile tail
(d) House lizard- 4 chambered heart
The most highly advanced character in crocodile is the presence of
(a) Powerful jaws
(b) Shelled eggs
(c) Thecodont dentition
(d) Four chambered heart
In which of the following subclasses of reptiles, the skull has a solid roof
(a) Anapsida
(b) Diapsida
(c) Synapsida
(d) Parapsida
Which one of the following is a limbless lizard
(a) Hemidactylus
(b) Chamelion
(c) Anguis
(d) Phrynosoma
Gila Monster Heloderma occurs in
(a) Africa
(b) America
(c) Central Asia
(d) China
Members of class Reptilia are
(a) Homoiothermic and amniotic
(b) Homoiothermic and anamniotic
(c) Poikilothermic and amniotic
(d) Poikilothermic and anamniotic
Reptiles share which of the following character with birds and mammals
(a) Amnion
(b) Diaphragm
(c) Homeothermy
(d) All of these
Out of the following, reptiles and birds differ in only one, which is it
(a) The skin possesses scales
(b) They lay eggs
(c) Capacity of laying hard shelled eggs
(d) There is regulation of the body temperature
Limbless lizard is
(a) Draco
(b) Ophisaurus
(c) Amblyrhynchus
(d) Moloch
Which one of the following is a true terrestrial animal?
(a) Frog
(b) Tortoise
(c) Salamander
(d) Toad
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Most favourable land adaptation for reptile is
(a) Moist skin
(b) Scales on body
(c) Pulmonary respiration
Some reptiles show autotomy which means
(a) Voluntary breaking tail to confuse enemy
(b) Signal for charging
(c) Signal for courtship
(d) State of starvation prior to death
Wall lizard can run efficiently on vertical surfaces because of
(a) Tetrapod condition
(b) Pentadactyle condition
(c) Lamellae present under digits
(d) Tip of digits are rounded
Common trait amongst fishes, amphibians and reptiles is
(a) Laying of eggs
(b) Shelled eggs
(c) Gills
(d) Scales
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The reptile which glides in the air is
(a) Draco
(b) Phrynosoma
(c) Anguis
(d) Calotes
The type of dentition in Crocodile is
(a) Acrodont
(b) Bunodont
(c) Pleurodont
(d) Thecodont
Gavial is found in
(a) Freshwater
(b) Sea water
(c) Brackish water
(d) Terrestrial habitats
Name a nonpoisonous snake
(a) Cobra
(b) Krait
(c) Viper
(d) Rat snake
Crocodile heart is
(a) Single chambered
(b) 2-chambered
(c) 3-chambered
(d) 4-chambered
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Golden age of reptiles is
(a) Palaeozoic
(b) Mesozoic
(c) Coenozoic
(d) Proterozoic
When the tail is cylindrical and ventral scales do not extend the entire width of the belly, the snake is?
(a) Non-poisonous
(b) Either poisonous or non-poisonous
(c) Definitely poisonous
(d) Deadly poisonous
Diapside skull is found in the following
(a) Natrix, Draco and Turtle
(b) Crocodile, Turtle and Seymouria
(c) Sphenodon, Crocodile and Viper
(d) Calotes, Cobra and Varanosaurus
Even ventricles of reptiles are partitioned but there is mixing of blood
(a) Due to common ejection and entrance of blood in lungs
(b) Auricles are non-partitioned
(c) Heart is partially four-chambered
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The mammals evolved from the reptile in the
(a) Cretaceous
(b) Triassic
(c) Devonian
(d) Carboniferous
Calotes versicolor is a
(a) House lizard
(b) Garden lizard
(c) Flying lizard
(d) Rock lizard
