- second-largest
order of
extant (living) vertebrates,
after the
perciform fish.
Squamates are
distinguished by
their skins,
which bear
horny scales or shields,...
- all-female po****tions
reproduce without the
involvement of males, are
found in
squamate reptiles (snakes and lizards).
There are
about 50
species of
lizard and...
- The
squamate antbird (Myrmoderus squamosus) is a
species of bird in
subfamily Thamnophilinae of
family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic...
-
Lizard is the
common name used for all
squamate reptiles other than
snakes (and to a
lesser extent amphisbaenians), encomp****ing over 7,000 species, ranging...
- hemi**** (pl.: hemipenes) is one of a pair of
intromittent organs of male
squamates (snakes and lizards).
Hemipenes are
usually held
inverted within the body...
- a clade),
containing all
descendants of the last
common ancestor of
squamates and rhynchocephalians.
Lepidosaurs can be
distinguished from
other reptiles...
- all non-avian
dinosaurs alongside many
species of
crocodyliforms and
squamates (e.g., mosasaurs).
Modern non-bird
reptiles inhabit all the continents...
-
Following is a list of
marine reptiles,
reptiles which are
adapted to life in
marine or
brackish environments. The
following marine reptiles are species...
- for "those who bear toxins") is a
proposed clade of
scaled reptiles (
squamates) that
includes the
Serpentes (snakes),
Anguimorpha (monitor lizards, beaded...
-
Mosasauria is a
clade of
aquatic and
semiaquatic squamates that
lived during the
Cretaceous period.
Fossils belonging to the
group have been
found in...