Herpetology B/C

[Nick-Yay]

I seem to remember there being a really hard practice test on the test exchange, but I can't seem to find it.

All I can recall is that the last page was matching terminology, words included things like "poikilothermy" and "torpor". Anyone know what happened to it?

Is it this one?
https://scioly.org/wiki/images/3/3b/KMS_Herp_Test.pdf

Not sure where to find it. I just typed in scioly herpetology test torpor in google.
It looks like a nice test

[SciNerd42]

Is it this one?
https://scioly.org/wiki/images/3/3b/KMS_Herp_Test.pdf

Not sure where to find it. I just typed in scioly herpetology test torpor in google.
It looks like a nice test

Is there an answer key to this one floating around?

[rc2000]

I seem to remember there being a really hard practice test on the test exchange, but I can't seem to find it.

All I can recall is that the last page was matching terminology, words included things like "poikilothermy" and "torpor". Anyone know what happened to it?

Is it this one?
https://scioly.org/wiki/images/3/3b/KMS_Herp_Test.pdf

Not sure where to find it. I just typed in scioly herpetology test torpor in google.
It looks like a nice test

Yeah it was that one lol. Thanks dude

[dvegadvol]

The answer key is here: https://scioly.org/wiki/images/4/40/KMS ... er_Key.pdf

I'd be very careful with the answers. In the first station there are two glaring errors; haven't had time to read the rest right now.

In the answer to Station 1 Question 1, they've misspelled "Elapidae" after stating on the test's cover page that "Spelling counts!"

In Station 1 question 5, they've written the answer as 1,938 species in Elapidae. That's the estimate of the number of species in Colubridae, where some of the species resemble Elapidae... There are approximately 325 species in Elapidae.

Be careful!

[Almandine]

Anyone have a surefire way to identify genus Masticophis other than the tail resembling a whip? And/or genus actinemys?

[Almandine]

Y'all so helpful I answered my own question. Carry on with your conversation.

[soscioly]

Does anyone know any definitive way of identifying Nerodia?

(and like every other snake tbh..)

[Kyanite]

Does anyone know any definitive way of identifying Nerodia?

(and like every other snake tbh..)

I go off of the eyes, often times each snake genus or family will have slightly differing eyes.

[Raven]

Does anyone know any definitive way of identifying Nerodia?

(and like every other snake tbh..)

I go off of the eyes, often times each snake genus or family will have slightly differing eyes.

They have keeled scales, so pair that with their head shape/eyes and you're good to go. Head scales are smooth though.

Their head has this distinctive "ermgafd" expression. It's hard to explain, but their labial scales are going up in a curve.

[Avalanche]

Most of the time yeah.

Does anyone have a solid strategy to tell the difference between rat snakes and water snakes?

I'm not sure if anybody has responded to this

A good way to identify between the two is remember that rat snakes have smooth dorsal scales, with white blotches, and water snakes have keeled dorsal scales, usually with lines along the across the scales, and the ventral scales have a cool checkered pattern.