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Across 3. referring to the nose end of the head 6. penis 7. resembling cheese or curd 10. transition from one developmental stage to another , as from larva to adult form 11. ventral region of a turtle shell 12. active at twilight and/or just before dawn 14. thte study of reptiles and amphibians 17. deposition of uric acid in body fluids and tissues 20. difficult or abnormal shedding 22. tree-dwelling 25. veins that transport blood from the caudal half of the body through the kidneys on the way to the heart (3 Words) 26. secreting or transmitting a venom 28. active during the daytime 29. an animal that obatins its body heat by basking in the sun 30. an animal that obtains its body heat from the surfacr on which it lies

Down 1. also celom: the entire body cavity = thoracic and abdominal areas 2. topical antibiotic (2 Words) 4. flukes; parasites of many aquatic animals 5. the transparent scale covering the eye of a snake 8. filling the gut of feeder insects with nutritional items for the insectivore (2 Words) 9. adapted for burrowing or digging 13. sexually dimorphic glands prominent in mature lizards that are located on the ventral surface of the lizards thigh (2 Words) 15. an animal that generates its own metabolic body heat 16. active during the night 18. a gradual change in temp across a distance (2 Words) 19. a short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent used as a muscle relaxant 21. an animal that obtains its body heat from the environment 23. taxonomic order including turtles and toroises 24. dorsal region of a turtle shell 27. any scale-like structure such as those found on tortoise or turtle shells or on the head of snakes