{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/animal-reptiles-amphibians",
 "id": "animal-reptiles-amphibians",
 "title": "Reptiles and Amphibians",
 "category": "science",
 "subject": "Animal Science",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders.",
 "tags": [
  "reptiles",
  "amphibians",
  "animals"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Animal / term",
 "backLabel": "Fact",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Reptile",
   "A cold-blooded animal with dry scaly skin that usually lays eggs"
  ],
  [
   "Amphibian",
   "A cold-blooded animal with moist skin that starts life in water"
  ],
  [
   "Snake",
   "A legless reptile that swallows prey whole"
  ],
  [
   "Lizard",
   "A reptile with legs and a long tail, usually"
  ],
  [
   "Turtle",
   "A reptile with a shell that can often live in water"
  ],
  [
   "Tortoise",
   "A land turtle with stumpy legs and a domed shell"
  ],
  [
   "Crocodile",
   "A large reptile with a pointed snout"
  ],
  [
   "Alligator",
   "A large reptile with a rounded snout"
  ],
  [
   "Gecko",
   "A lizard that can climb walls with sticky toes"
  ],
  [
   "Chameleon",
   "A lizard that changes color and has a long sticky tongue"
  ],
  [
   "Iguana",
   "A large plant-eating lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Komodo dragon",
   "The largest living lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Gila monster",
   "A venomous lizard of the American Southwest"
  ],
  [
   "Horned lizard",
   "A spiky lizard that can squirt blood from its eyes to scare predators"
  ],
  [
   "Anole",
   "A small lizard that can puff out a throat fan"
  ],
  [
   "Skink",
   "A shiny smooth-scaled lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Python",
   "A large snake that squeezes prey"
  ],
  [
   "Boa constrictor",
   "A snake that squeezes its prey"
  ],
  [
   "Anaconda",
   "One of the heaviest snakes, living in South America"
  ],
  [
   "King cobra",
   "The longest venomous snake"
  ],
  [
   "Rattlesnake",
   "A venomous snake with a rattle on its tail"
  ],
  [
   "Garter snake",
   "A harmless, common snake with stripes"
  ],
  [
   "Coral snake",
   "A venomous snake with red, yellow and black bands"
  ],
  [
   "Sea turtle",
   "A turtle adapted to the ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Snapping turtle",
   "A freshwater turtle with a strong bite"
  ],
  [
   "Leatherback turtle",
   "The largest sea turtle"
  ],
  [
   "Galapagos tortoise",
   "The largest living tortoise"
  ],
  [
   "Tuatara",
   "A lizard-like reptile from New Zealand"
  ],
  [
   "Frog",
   "An amphibian with smooth skin and long legs for jumping"
  ],
  [
   "Toad",
   "An amphibian with dry, bumpy skin"
  ],
  [
   "Tree frog",
   "A small frog with sticky toe pads"
  ],
  [
   "Poison dart frog",
   "A tiny brightly colored frog with toxic skin"
  ],
  [
   "Bullfrog",
   "A large frog with a deep call"
  ],
  [
   "Salamander",
   "An amphibian with a long tail and four legs"
  ],
  [
   "Newt",
   "A kind of salamander that spends time in water"
  ],
  [
   "Axolotl",
   "A salamander that keeps its gills and can regrow limbs"
  ],
  [
   "Hellbender",
   "A giant salamander of North American streams"
  ],
  [
   "Caecilian",
   "A legless amphibian that looks like a worm"
  ],
  [
   "Tadpole",
   "A baby frog or toad that lives in water"
  ],
  [
   "Metamorphosis in frogs",
   "Tadpole grows legs, loses its tail and gills, and breathes air"
  ],
  [
   "Frog life cycle",
   "Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult"
  ],
  [
   "Reptile eggs",
   "Leathery shells laid on land"
  ],
  [
   "Amphibian eggs",
   "Jelly-like eggs laid in water"
  ],
  [
   "Cold-blooded",
   "Body temperature depends on the surroundings"
  ],
  [
   "Basking",
   "Sitting in the sun to warm up"
  ],
  [
   "Shedding skin",
   "Snakes and lizards shed their outer skin as they grow"
  ],
  [
   "Scutes",
   "The bony plates on a turtle's shell"
  ],
  [
   "Carapace",
   "The top part of a turtle's shell"
  ],
  [
   "Plastron",
   "The bottom part of a turtle's shell"
  ],
  [
   "Forked tongue",
   "Helps snakes smell their surroundings"
  ],
  [
   "Jacobson's organ",
   "A smell organ on the roof of a snake's mouth"
  ],
  [
   "Venom",
   "Poison injected by a bite or sting"
  ],
  [
   "Constrictor",
   "A snake that squeezes prey"
  ],
  [
   "Brumation",
   "A reptile's winter slowdown, like hibernation"
  ],
  [
   "Camouflage in reptiles",
   "Chameleons and geckos can blend into their surroundings"
  ],
  [
   "Tail dropping",
   "Some lizards drop their tails to escape and regrow them"
  ],
  [
   "Frog call",
   "Males call to attract mates"
  ],
  [
   "Do frogs drink with their mouths?",
   "They absorb water through their skin"
  ],
  [
   "Herpetologist",
   "A scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians"
  ],
  [
   "Dinosaur relatives alive today",
   "Crocodiles, as well as birds, are dinosaur relatives"
  ],
  [
   "Largest living reptile",
   "Saltwater crocodile"
  ],
  [
   "Smallest chameleons",
   "Brookesia micra, only about an inch long"
  ],
  [
   "Why do amphibians need clean water?",
   "Their thin skin absorbs substances easily"
  ],
  [
   "Why are frogs a warning sign for the environment?",
   "They react quickly to pollution and habitat change"
  ]
 ]
}