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Squamata is the large, diverse order containing the lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenans. They are one of the few currently extant orders of reptiles, alongside crocodilians, turtles, and tuataras.

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  • Squamata
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  • Squamata is the large, diverse order containing the lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenans. They are one of the few currently extant orders of reptiles, alongside crocodilians, turtles, and tuataras.
  • Squamata is an order from the Reptilia class.
  • Squamatas, or the scaled reptiles, are an order of reptiles, comprising of lizards and snakes.
  • 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 possible to move the upper jaw relative to the braincase.
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  • World.distribution.sauria.1.png
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  • Everywhere except Antarctica, Alaska, Greenland, and northern Russia
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  • Squamata
  • (Oppel, 1811)
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  • Class
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  • Order
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Kingdom
  • Animalia
Name
  • Squamata
Caption
  • A Western Green Mamba.
  • Perentie, varanus giganteus; a squamate
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fossil range
  • Jurassic—Recent
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  • 250(xsd:integer)
Title
  • Squamata
Class
  • Reptilia
Order
  • Squamata
Phylum
  • Chordata
abstract
  • Squamata is the large, diverse order containing the lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenans. They are one of the few currently extant orders of reptiles, alongside crocodilians, turtles, and tuataras.
  • Squamata is an order from the Reptilia class.
  • Squamatas, or the scaled reptiles, are an order of reptiles, comprising of lizards and snakes.
  • 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 possible to move the upper jaw relative to the braincase.
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