Melissa
Kaplan's
Herp Care Collection
Last updated
January 1, 2014
Glossary of Herp & Related Terms
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Melissa Kaplan, 1995
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| MIHF | Male iguana - human female. Since this cumbersom combination is used with increasing frequency when discussing issues relating to male iguana aggression, this acronym will simplify the typing, if not the biochemistry. |
| Mandible |
Lower jaw. |
| Maxilla |
Upper jaw |
| Medial (Median) |
Toward the midline (center) of the body. |
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Morph |
A color or pattern (e.g., albino is a morph of the standard form). |
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Necrotic |
Dead skin or tissue, often the result of burns or infection. |
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Nephrotoxic |
Chemically damaging to the kidneys. |
| Nocturnal |
Active at night. |
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Nuchal |
Refers to the neck area. An iguana has a nuchal (from the back of the head to the shoulders) and a dorsal crest (from the end of the nuchal area to the base of the tail). |
| Omnivorous |
Eat both plant and animal matter. |
| Osteomalacia | Softening of the bones. |
| Oviposition |
Laying eggs. Adult female crickets have an ovipositor, a stick-like projection off their tail end which is used to deposit the eggs. |
| Oviparous | Reproduces by laying eggs. |
| Ovoviviparous | Reproduces by forming eggs which are retained, in a shell-less form, inside the mother until they are ready to hatch. They either hatch inside the body, appearing outside as if through viviparous birth, or the egg sacs are expelled from the mother's body and the young break through the sac membrane to free themselves. |
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