squamate

Examples

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• Whether we are attracted or repelled by snakes and other squamates, we owe the group respect for its evolutionary success.

  Academic text (2006)

• For some time, paleontologists reasonably theorized that that event, by separating two populations of squamates, initiated the evolutionary divergence of the two major groups.

  Academic text (2006)

• Many early studies of squamate viviparity examined various features of viviparous species.

  Academic text (1993)

• Squamates, on the other hand, watched the dinosaurs come and go.

  Academic text (2006)

• Although many skeletal features distinguish squamates from their sister group, one of the most important is found in the lower jaw.

  Academic text (2006)

• Members of the other major group of squamates, the scleroglossans, capture prey with their jaws.

  Academic text (2006)

• What particularly fascinates us is how, long ago, a common ancestor of squamates could have given rise to so many diverse descendants.

  Academic text (2006)

• The common ancestor of squamates and rhynchocephalians was likely a small lizard-like reptile that ate insects and spiders.

  Academic text (2006)

• Another reason paleontologists think squamates are older than their oldest known fossils is that earlier fossils have been discovered belonging to their "sister" group, the rhynchocephalians.

  Academic text (2006)

• Many species of squamates are known for their unique adaptations, such as the ability to change color and camouflage.

Synonyms

R

reptile

vssquamate

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A cold-blooded animal with dry scaly skin that lays soft-shelled eggs on land, like a snake or lizard

is a narrower group within that class limited to lizards and snakes

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology