# Oviparous, viviparous and ovoviviparous quiz

> A 10-question quiz on how Indonesian animals reproduce: laying eggs, live birth or eggs hatching inside the mother, with sourced answers.

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### 1. How does the Komodo dragon reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: A. laying eggs (oviparous). [Komodo dragon](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/komodo-dragon/) reproduces by laying eggs (oviparous). Females can also produce eggs that hatch without mating (parthenogenesis). Source: [Reptile Database](https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Varanus&species=komodoensis).

### 2. How does the Sumatran tiger reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: B. giving birth to live young (viviparous). [Sumatran tiger](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/sumatran-tiger/) reproduces by giving birth to live young (viviparous). Source: [Animal Diversity Web](https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mammalia/).

### 3. How does the whale shark reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: C. ovoviviparity. [Whale shark](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/whale-shark/) reproduces by ovoviviparity: eggs hatch inside the mother and live young are born. Eggs hatch inside the uterus and embryos feed only on yolk; one female was found carrying about 300 embryos. Source: [FishBase](https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Rhincodon-typus.html).

### 4. How does the maleo reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: A. laying eggs (oviparous). [Maleo](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/maleo/) reproduces by laying eggs (oviparous). Eggs are buried in sand warmed by the sun or geothermal heat; the parents do not incubate them, and chicks hatch fully independent and able to fly. Source: [BirdLife DataZone](https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/maleo-macrocephalon-maleo).

### 5. How does the banteng reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: B. giving birth to live young (viviparous). [Banteng](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/banteng/) reproduces by giving birth to live young (viviparous). Source: [Animal Diversity Web](https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mammalia/).

### 6. How does the spotted seahorse reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: C. ovoviviparity. [Spotted seahorse](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/spotted-seahorse/) reproduces by ovoviviparity: eggs hatch inside the mother and live young are born. The female deposits her eggs in the male's brood pouch; the male is 'pregnant' for 20–28 days and then releases the young. FishBase calls it ovoviviparous, while ADW classes it as oviparous because the female lays the eggs. Source: [FishBase](https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hippocampus-kuda.html).

### 7. How does the Bali myna reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: A. laying eggs (oviparous). [Bali myna](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/bali-myna/) reproduces by laying eggs (oviparous). Source: [Vigie-Nature École (MNHN)](https://www.vigienature-ecole.fr/en/node/352).

### 8. How does the proboscis monkey reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: B. giving birth to live young (viviparous). [Proboscis monkey](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/proboscis-monkey/) reproduces by giving birth to live young (viviparous). Source: [Animal Diversity Web](https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mammalia/).

### 9. How does the Bluespotted Fantail Ray reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: C. ovoviviparity. [Bluespotted Fantail Ray](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/taeniura-lymma/) reproduces by ovoviviparity: eggs hatch inside the mother and live young are born. Bears up to 7 pups; embryos first use yolk, then receive nutritious uterine fluid (aplacental viviparity). Source: [FishBase](https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Taeniura-lymma.html).

### 10. How does the Eurasian tree sparrow reproduce?

A. laying eggs (oviparous)
B. giving birth to live young (viviparous)
C. ovoviviparity

Answer: A. laying eggs (oviparous). [Eurasian tree sparrow](https://panduanhewan.org/en/species/passer-montanus/) reproduces by laying eggs (oviparous). Source: [Vigie-Nature École (MNHN)](https://www.vigienature-ecole.fr/en/node/352).