Reptile house quiz

Tap an answer. You can check your thinking on each animal's plate.

1. Which snout belongs to an alligator?
   Narrow V-shapeBroad U-shapeLong and thin like a needleHooked
   Crocodiles have the narrow V. See the plate
2. Gopher tortoise burrows shelter how many other species?
   About 3About 35More than 350None
   That makes it a keystone species. See the plate
3. Why is the Burmese python a problem in the Everglades?
   It is invasive and eats native mammalsIt is venomousIt eats seagrassIt digs canals
   Released and escaped pets founded the population. See the plate
4. Zoo-raised golden poison frogs are harmless because?
   Keepers remove the poisonTheir poison comes from their wild dietThey are a different speciesThey sleep all day
   Without wild insects, no toxin builds up. See the plate
5. The axolotl can?
   FlyRegrow lost limbsBreathe fireLive in the desert
   It also keeps its larval gills all its life. See the plate