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Reptile
Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia, are air-breathing, generally "cold-blooded" (poikilothermic) amniotes that generally have skin covered in scales or scutes. They are tetrapods (having or having descended from vertebrates with four limbs) and lay amniote eggs, whose embryos are surrounded...
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Turtle
Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins are ectothermic reptiles, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilagenous shell developed from their ribs. They belong to an anapsid lineage, as can be seen from their solid skullcap. About 300...
Scientific name:
- Testudines
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 173749
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Squamata
Squamata, or the scaled reptiles, is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. Members of the order are distinguished by their skins, which bear horny scales or shields. They also possess movable quadrate bones, making it...
Scientific name:
- Squamata
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 173861
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Eureptilia
Eureptilia ("true reptiles") is one of the two major clades of the Sauropsida, the other being Anapsida (or Parareptilia). Eureptilia includes not only all Diapsids, but also a number of primitive Permo-Carboniferous forms previously classified...
Scientific name:
- Eureptilia
