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Dissection Lab
Frogs
Xenopus laevis
Lithobates pipiens
Pseudacris sp.
Reptiles
Sauromalus ater
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Complete handout by next week – 10 pts
Work in groups of up to 3 members
Dissection Lab
• Label 36 of 55 structures from the major systems: Musculoskeletal,
Digestive, Circulatory, Reproductive and Urinary, Respiratory,
Endocrine and Nervous, Integumentary
• Define or describe 24 of the labeled structures
• Identify Stomach, Cloaca, Glottis, Liver, Pancreas, Small intestine,
Gallbladder, Heart, Trachea, Lungs, Internal nares, Testis/ Ovaries and
Oviducts, Kidney, Fat bodies, Bladder, and Spleen
• Draw a dissected frog, lizard, and turtle/snake
• Collect and discuss data addressing intraspecific variation in amphibians
• Compare function of structures within major systems between and within
amphibian species, between amphibians and non-herps, between reptile
species, between amphibians and reptiles, and between turtle species.
Frog dissection
procedure:
http://frog.edschool.vi
rginia.edu/Frog2/Diss
ection/Setup/setup2.h
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Frog anatomy:
https://bentonzoology
.wikispaces.com/Frog+
Dissection
Lizard anatomy:
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=ZPsB6e
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Snake anatomy:
http://www.savalli.us/
BIO370/Anatomy/5.Sn
akeDissection.htm
Turtle anatomy:
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=Lxzd_X
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