BIOL 3300 Vertebrate Zoology: Ectotherms - Herpetology http://www.amphibian.com.au/
How do reptiles reproduce? Viviparity
How do reptiles reproduce? Oviparity
How do reptiles reproduce? Virgin Birth?!? Gekkonids, lacertids, teiids (~33%), xantusiids & a typhlopid
How is gender determined? GSD & TSD ♀ ♂ ♂ ♀ ♀ ♂ ♀
How is gender determined? Testosterone in yolk At ♂ temperatures… 5 α-reductase induced Testosterone => Dihydrotestosterone Gonads => testes Testes => testosterone Testosterone in yolk At ♀ temperatures… aromatase induced Testosterone => Estradiol Gonads => ovaries Ovaries => estrogen
How does reproduction cycle?
How does reproduction cycle?
How does “IT” happen?
What are the parts of an amniotic egg?
How does development occur?
How does “IT” happen?
How does “IT” happen? Alligator mississippiensis
How does life history vary?