Order

Squamata (Snakes and lizards)

Elgaria multicarinata scincicauda. Photo: (c) Chris Cook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Squamata, or the scaled reptiles, are the largest recent order of reptiles, comprising all lizards and snakes. With over 10,000 species, it is also the second-largest order of extant vertebrates, after the perciform fish, and roughly equal in number to the Saurischia (one of the two major groups of dinosaurs). Members of the order are distinguished by their skins, which bear horny scales or shields. They also possess movable quadrate bones, making it possible to…

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Subtaxa

Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)

Suborder: Sauria (Lizards)

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