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- Reptiles
- Reptiles - Lizards (Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society)
Provides a description and picture of iguanas, monitors, anoles, skinks, and Chinese water dragons. Includes cautions, just in case a person is considering the animal for a pet. 11-00
- Reptiles - Snakes (Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society)
Provides a description and picture of pythons, green snakes, and anacondas. 11-00
- Reptiles - Turtles (Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society)
Provides a description and picture of three types of turtles. 11-00
- Reptiles by Name (ExploringNature.org)
Provides resources on reptiles by name. 01-09
- Turtles - Sea Turtles for Kids (Kidz Korner)
Provides articles. 10-09
- Endangered Species Program (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Provides facts about each species of endangered mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and plants.
- Mammal Skulls (Roberts)
Provides comparative information on skulls of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fishes.
- Endangered Species List (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Provides facts for each species of endangered mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and plants. 6-99
- Endangered Species By Type (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Provides facts for each endangered species of animals by type - mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, or reptiles. 6-99
- Crocodiles - American (Kids' Planet)
Includes a description and a drawing.
- Turtles - Sea (Kids' Planet)
Includes a description and a drawing.
- Turtles - Green Sea (Thinkquest)
Provides an article and pictures of turtles that inhabit areas near coral reefs of Hawaii. See the reptiles section.
- Skinks (Planet-Pets.com)
Provides a description and pictures of the blue-tongued skink. Provides suggestions for the care of the reptile as a pet. It has a prehensile tail and is very expensive. 8-00
- Iguanas - Selection of Iguanas (Planet-Pets.com)
Provides suggestions on selecting an iguana for a pet. 8-00
- Turtle, Green Sea Turtle (Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium)
Provides information on the endangered turtle.
- Crocodiles (Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society)
Provides a description and picture of the crocodile or caiman. 11-00
- Iguanas (Zoological Society of San Diego)
Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01
- Turtles (Zoological Society of San Diego)
Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01
- Animals Clipart (ClipsAhoy.com)
Provides Bears, Birds, Bugs, Cats, Cows, Dogs, Donkeys and Mules, Elephants, Foxes, Fish and Water, Horses, Moose, Pets, Pigs, Rabbits, Reptiles, Rodents, and Sheep. 2-01
- Mesozoic Period (EnchantedLearning.com)
Provides a definition of the mesozoic era of history, the age of reptiles. 5-01
- Crocodilians (National Geographic Society)
Provides a world map with locations of alligators, caimans, and crocodiles. 11-01
- Crocodiles, American (National Parks Conservation Association)
Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02
- Alligators, American (National Parks Conservation Association)
Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02
- Crocodiles - Extinct Supercroc (National Geographic)
"The giant creature, which lived 110 million years ago, during the Middle Cretaceous, grew as long as 40 feet (12 meters) and weighed as much as eight metric tons (17,500 pounds). Its jaws alone were nearly six feet (1.8 meters) long and its more than 100 teeth so powerful that the colossal creature probably consumed small dinosaurs as well as fish, the researchers say." 3-02
- -Genetics Basics (Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Weber)
Provides a basic foundation of knowledge in genetics. Some sample comments from Dr. Weber's guide include:
"Our bodies are comprised of trillions of microscopic units called cells. Cells in turn are built up from many specific types of molecules, both large and small. The large molecules or macromolecules include polysaccharides, nucleic acids and proteins."
"Each protein is a linear polymer of a specific sequence of 20 different amino acids. DNA is also a linear polymer comprised of 4 types of nucleotides. The sequence of amino acids in each protein is encoded by a segment of DNA called a gene. Three consecutive nucleotides in a gene encode a single amino acid in the corresponding protein. The genetic code is universal among all living things."
DNA is an exceptionally ancient and stable molecule. It is passed from one generation to the next with only very gradual change. The nucleotide sequences of chimpanzee (our closest living relative) and human DNA are about 98.5% identical despite the fact that our last common ancestor lived about 6 million years ago. Similarities in DNA nucleotide sequences can be detected between all free living organisms including reptiles and plants, worms and fungi, and humans and bacteria." 1-04
- Living With Alligators (WildFlorida.org)
Provides an article about how to stay safe around alligators. 12-04
- Alligators and Crocodiles (EnchantedLearning.com)
Provides information and printouts. 12-04
- Snake Types (Encyclopedia.com)
"The approximately 2,700 snake species, of which about four fifths are nonvenomous, are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical zones of the world (except in New Zealand, Ireland, and some isolated oceanic islands) and are found in greatest profusion in the tropics."
"Among the harmless colubrid snakes of North America are the garter snakes (including the ribbon snake), the water snakes, the green, or grass, snakes, the black snakes , the racers , the king snakes (including the milk snake), and the bull, hognose, and rat snakes. The family Boidae ( boas and pythons ) includes the world's largest snakes, the South American anaconda and the Asian reticulated python, as well as the smaller boa constrictor and the tree and sand boas."
"Most poisonous New World snakes belong to the pit viper family; these include the copperhead , water moccasin , rattlesnake , fer-de-lance, and bushmaster . Venomous Old World snakes are the true vipers , including the adder and the asp , and members of the cobra family, including the mamba of Africa and the krait of Asia. The poisonous coral snakes of the New World also belong to this family. The venomous sea snakes inhabit tropical oceans." 12-04
- Snake Types (Wikipedia.org)
"Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. There are also several species of legless lizard which superficially resemble snakes, but are not otherwise related to them."
Also describes how to feed snakes. 12-04
- Chameleons (Wikipedia.org)
"They are famous for their ability to change their colour (but this is a myth) also because of their elongated tongue and their eyes which can be moved independently of each other." 12-04
- Geckos (Wikipedia.org)
"Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos. Geckos are unusual in other respects as well. Many species have specialized toe pads that enable them to climb smooth vertical surfaces and even cross indoor ceilings with ease." 12-04
- -04-23-05 Prize: Catching Tuna Without Turtles (CNN News)
"An American living on the south Pacific island of New Caledonia has reeled in a prize of $25,000 to help solve an ocean dilemma."
"Steve Beverly's design of new 'smart fishing gear' could help stop the accidental deaths of sea turtles that get caught in commercial fishing hooks and nets. The problem is known in the industry as 'bycatch,' and it includes the killing and maiming of dolphins, whales, birds and juvenile fish as well as turtles."
"His design takes into account the specific depths that sea turtles frequent, and contrasts that with the depths where the target species, like tuna, usually thrive. The idea is to weigh down the main line with lead weights, and to put the hooks deeper than about 325 feet." 04-05
- Turtles, Sea (National Parks Conservation Association)
Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02
- -10-05-06 "Monster" Fossil Found in Arctic (BBC News)
"Norwegian scientists have discovered a "treasure trove" of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that roamed the seas at the time of the dinosaurs."
"The fossil hoard comprises 21 long-necked plesiosaurs, six ichthyosaurs and one short-necked plesiosaur. The bones were unearthed in fine-grained sedimentary rock called black shale." 10-06
- Ants Rule (LiveScience.com)
"Scientists estimate that about 20,000 ant species crawl the Earth. Taxonomists have classified more than 11,000 species, which account for at least one-third of all insect biomass. The combined heft of ants in the Brazilian Amazon is about four times greater than the combined mass of all of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, according to one survey." 01-07
- Clive's Tortoise Dies, Aged 255 (TimesOnline.co.uk)
"A tortoise brought as a present for Clive of India had died in a zoo at the venerable age of 255."
"The giant Aldabra tortoise was one of four brought by British seamen from the Seychelles Islands as gifts to Robert Clive of the British East India Company. Clive died in 1774." 03-06
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