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Amphibian (Class XI / XII)

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In which of the following ways does the grey foam-nest tree frog minimise the chance of overheating?

  1. By increasing perspiration rate

  2. By turning white

  3. By mutual pressing

  4. By dermal papillae


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Grey foam-nest tree frog minimises the chance of overheating by turning white.

Besides being kept as pets, newts are also used

  1. as bioindicators

  2. as food

  3. as gaming animals

  4. for obtaining medicines


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Newts are also used as bioindicators. They have thin, sensitive skin and evidence of their presence (or absence) can serve as an indicator of the health of the environment. Most species are highly sensitive to subtle changes in the pH level of the streams and lakes where they live. Because their skin is permeable to water, they absorb oxygen and other substances they need through their skin.

Which of the following toxins is found in the skin of salamanders?

  1. Bufotoxin

  2. Saxitoxin

  3. Tetrodotoxin

  4. Sarin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tetrodotoxin is found in the skin of salamanders. It is a neurotoxin.

Which of the following organisms is known as the common mudpuppy?

  1. Ambystoma tigrinum

  2. Necturus maculosus

  3. Necturus punctatus

  4. Pseudobufo subasper


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Necturus maculosus is known as the common mudpuppy.

Which of the following anurans lacks tongue?

  1. Common parsley frog

  2. African dwarf frog

  3. Common spadefoot

  4. Litter frog


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

African dwarf frog is a tongueless frog. It is also toothless and completely aquatic. It uses its webbed feet to shove food in its mouth and down its throat. It has a hyobranchial pump to draw or suck food into its mouth.

In toads, parotid glands (poison-producing glands) are located

  1. behind the eyes

  2. behind the ears

  3. along the back

  4. in the teeth


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The parotids are located behind the ears of toads.

Which of the following features help(s) a toad in blending effectively with the environment?

  1. Parotid glands

  2. Ability to camouflage

  3. Bright belly

  4. Warty skin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Toads possess warty (bumpy) skin that helps the animal in blending more effectively into its environment, by breaking up its visual outline.

Which of the following animals has the exceptional ability of regenerating its eyes?

  1. Haideotriton wallacei

  2. Cynops pyrrhogaster

  3. Bombina bombina

  4. Gastrotheca guenther


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cynops pyrrhogaster (Japanese fire belly newt) can regenerate its eye lens 18 times over a period of 16 years and retain its structural and functional properties.

Which of the following animals possess Bidder's organ, which may have a role in reproduction?

  1. True toads

  2. Frogs

  3. Salamanders

  4. Thompson's caecilians


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True toads possess Bidder's organ, which may have a role in reproduction.

Full neotany is observed in

  1. Rana clamitans

  2. Ambystoma tigrinum

  3. Chiroxiphia linearis

  4. Chiroxiphia caudata


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Full neotany is seen in Ambystoma tigrinum (salamander). They become sexually mature in their larval form and retain lot of larval characteristics in the adult form.

Jacobson's organ is found in amphibians, reptiles and mammals. What is its function in amphibians?

  1. Auditory function

  2. Olfactory function

  3. Ocular function

  4. Thermal regulation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jacobson's organ is a patch of sensory cells within the main nasal chamber that detects heavy moisture-borne odour particles. Thus, it has olfactory function.

Which of the following regions in India is considered to be the hotspot of caecilian diversity?

  1. Eastern Ghats

  2. Western Ghats

  3. Indo-gangetic plains

  4. Sunderbans


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Western Ghats region is the center of caecilian diversity. Of the 26 described species of caecilians in India, 25 are endemic to Western Ghats.

Which of the following animals is known as the walking fish?

  1. Tadpole

  2. Neonatal salamander

  3. A fish that has limbs

  4. Four digit toads


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Axolotl or neonatal salamander is known as the walking fish. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians as they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis.

Caecilians copulate in which of the following modes?

  1. Partial internal fertilisation

  2. Complete internal fertilisation

  3. External fertilisation

  4. Parthenogenesis


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Caecilians use complete internal fertilisation as a mode of reproduction. The male caecilians have a long tube-like organ, the phallodeum, which is inserted into the cloaca of the female for two to three hours.

Some amphibians have the ability to change their colour by expansion and contraction of pigment cells. This ability is called as

  1. neotany

  2. camouflage

  3. metachrosis

  4. amplexus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The ability of some amphibians to change their colour by expansion and contraction of pigment cells is called metachrosis.

Match the columns:

 
Frog Characteristic
1. Bornean flat-headed frog a. Oxygen deficient water
2. Lake Titicaca frog b. Viviparous
3. Pacific tree frog c. No lungs
4. Nimbaphrynoides d. Onomatopoeic "ribbit"
  1.  
    1. Bornean flat-headed frog b. Viviparous
    2. Lake Titicaca frog c. No lungs
    3. Pacific tree frog d. Onomatopoeic "ribbit"
    4. Nimbaphrynoides a. Oxygen deficient water
  2.  
    1. Bornean flat-headed frog c. No lungs
    2. Lake Titicaca frog a. Oxygen deficient water
    3. Pacific tree frog d. Onomatopoeic "ribbit"
    4. Nimbaphrynoides b. Viviparous
  3.  
    1. Bornean flat-headed frog b. Viviparous
    2. Lake Titicaca frog d. Onomatopoeic "ribbit"
    3. Pacific tree frog a. Oxygen deficient water
    4. Nimbaphrynoides c. No lungs
  4.  
    1. Bornean flat-headed frog a. Oxygen deficient water
    2. Lake Titicaca frog c. No lungs
    3. Pacific tree frog b. Viviparous
    4. Nimbaphrynoides d. Onomatopoeic "ribbit"

Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct match.  The fully aquatic Bornean flat-headed frog is the first frog known to lack lungs entirely. The Lake Titicaca frog has adapted to survive in oxygen deficient water. The Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) produces the onomatopoeic "ribbit" often heard in films. Members of the West African genus Nimbaphrynoides are unique among frogs in that they are viviparous.

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