{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-reptiles-amphibians",
 "id": "fun-reptiles-amphibians",
 "title": "Reptiles and Amphibians",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Animals",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles and other cold-blooded animals.",
 "tags": [
  "reptiles",
  "amphibians",
  "animals"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Animal or term",
 "backLabel": "Fact",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Reptile",
   "A cold-blooded animal with scaly skin, like a snake or lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Amphibian",
   "An animal that starts life in water and often lives on land as an adult"
  ],
  [
   "Cold-blooded",
   "Body heat comes from the surroundings"
  ],
  [
   "Frog",
   "Smooth skin and long legs; starts as a tadpole"
  ],
  [
   "Toad",
   "Bumpy, drier skin and shorter legs than a frog"
  ],
  [
   "Salamander",
   "A lizard-like amphibian with a tail"
  ],
  [
   "Newt",
   "A small salamander that often lives in water"
  ],
  [
   "Axolotl",
   "A salamander that keeps its feathery gills as an adult"
  ],
  [
   "Caecilian",
   "A legless amphibian that looks like a worm"
  ],
  [
   "Tadpole",
   "The baby of a frog, with gills and a tail"
  ],
  [
   "Metamorphosis (frog)",
   "The change from tadpole to frog"
  ],
  [
   "Bullfrog",
   "A big North American frog with a deep call"
  ],
  [
   "Tree frog",
   "A small climbing frog with sticky toe pads"
  ],
  [
   "Poison dart frog",
   "Bright, tiny frog; its colors warn of poison"
  ],
  [
   "Snake",
   "A legless reptile that flicks its tongue to smell"
  ],
  [
   "Python",
   "A big snake that squeezes its prey"
  ],
  [
   "Cobra",
   "A snake that spreads a hood"
  ],
  [
   "Rattlesnake",
   "A snake with a rattle on its tail; best left alone"
  ],
  [
   "Garter snake",
   "A common, harmless snake with stripes"
  ],
  [
   "King cobra",
   "The longest venomous snake"
  ],
  [
   "Lizard",
   "A scaly reptile, usually with four legs"
  ],
  [
   "Gecko",
   "A lizard that climbs walls with sticky toes"
  ],
  [
   "Iguana",
   "A big plant-eating lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Chameleon",
   "Changes color and has independently moving eyes"
  ],
  [
   "Komodo dragon",
   "The biggest lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Bearded dragon",
   "A friendly pet lizard from Australia"
  ],
  [
   "Skink",
   "A lizard with smooth shiny scales"
  ],
  [
   "Anole",
   "A small lizard that can change from green to brown"
  ],
  [
   "Turtle",
   "A reptile with a shell; lives mostly in water"
  ],
  [
   "Tortoise",
   "A land turtle with sturdy legs"
  ],
  [
   "Snapping turtle",
   "A turtle with a strong bite"
  ],
  [
   "Sea turtle",
   "Swims thousands of miles; females return to beaches to lay eggs"
  ],
  [
   "Painted turtle",
   "A colorful pond turtle"
  ],
  [
   "Galapagos tortoise",
   "The largest living tortoise"
  ],
  [
   "Alligator",
   "A reptile with a wide, U-shaped snout"
  ],
  [
   "Crocodile",
   "A reptile with a longer V-shaped snout"
  ],
  [
   "Caiman",
   "A smaller relative of the alligator"
  ],
  [
   "Gharial",
   "A crocodilian with a very long, narrow snout"
  ],
  [
   "Tuatara",
   "A rare reptile of New Zealand that looks like a lizard"
  ],
  [
   "Shedding",
   "Snakes and lizards shed their old skin as they grow"
  ],
  [
   "Hibernation",
   "Winter sleep"
  ],
  [
   "Brumation",
   "Reptile winter slowdown"
  ],
  [
   "Egg",
   "Most reptiles lay leathery eggs on land"
  ],
  [
   "Amphibian eggs",
   "Laid in water, soft and jelly-covered"
  ],
  [
   "Camouflage",
   "Hiding by blending in"
  ],
  [
   "Venom",
   "Poison injected by a bite or sting"
  ],
  [
   "Forked tongue",
   "Helps snakes smell and sense the air"
  ],
  [
   "Basking",
   "Lying in the sun to warm up"
  ],
  [
   "Terrarium",
   "A glass home for small reptiles or amphibians"
  ],
  [
   "Herpetologist",
   "A scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians"
  ],
  [
   "Tail dropping",
   "Some lizards can drop their tail to escape and regrow it"
  ]
 ]
}