Reptile skin is covered with scutes or scales which, along with many other characteristics, distinguish reptiles from animals of other classes. They are...

Rhynchocephalia. About 12,000 living species of reptiles are listed in the Reptile Database. The study of the traditional reptile orders, customarily in combination...

Squamata (/skwæˈmeɪtə/, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles; most members of which are commonly known as lizards,...

class of an animal. Fish scales are dermally derived, specifically in the mesoderm. This fact distinguishes them from reptile scales paleontologically. Genetically...

from reptile scales. The same genes involved in tooth and hair development in mammals are also involved in scale development. The placoid scales of cartilaginous...

Snakes, like other reptiles, have skin covered in scales. Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes, known as snakeskin...

Keeled scales refer to reptile scales that, rather than being smooth, have a ridge down the center that may or may not extend to the tip of the scale, making...

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In scaled reptiles, the ocular scales are those forming the margin of the eye. The name originates from the term oculus which is Latin for 'eye' and, in...

semiarid areas. The spines on the lizard's back and sides are modified reptile scales, which prevent water loss through the skin, whereas the horns on the...

; Maini, Philip K.; Alibardi, Lorenzo; Chuong, Cheng-Ming (2009). "Reptile scale paradigm: Evo-devo, pattern formation and regeneration". The International...

Feature scales are enlarged scales found on various reptiles. Despite their close resemblance to osteoderms, they have no boney component to them. Examples...

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Reptiles arose about 320 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Reptiles, in the traditional sense of the term, are defined as animals that...

This catalog of fossil reptile research published in 2025 includes a list of new taxa that were described during the year 2025, as well as other significant...

selection in scaled reptiles studies how sexual selection manifests in snakes and lizards, which constitute the order Squamata of reptiles. Each of the...

In reptiles, the nasorostral is an enlarged and usually paired scale, just behind the rostral (and in front of the nasal scale). Rostral scale Nasal scale...

Venomous Snakes. World's Deadliest Snakes – Ranking scale Archived 8 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Reptile Gardens. Retrieved 18 October 2013. Walls, Jerry...

traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. The following list of reptiles lists the vertebrate...

In reptiles, occipital scales are enlarged plates that lie directly behind the parietal scales. An interoccipital is a scale located between the occipital...

northern and central Europe, but also as far east as northern Iran. The Reptile Database recognizes two subspecies as being valid, including the nominotypical...

Empire" podcast that he believes that the world is "being governed by evil reptiles." Some adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory have also borrowed from...

In reptiles, the temporal scales are located on the side of the head between the parietal scales and the supralabial scales, and behind the postocular...

The rostral scale, or rostral, in snakes and other scaled reptiles is the median plate on the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening. It corresponds...

In reptiles, the nasal scale refers to the scale that encloses the nostril. Sometimes this scale is paired (divided). In such cases, the anterior half...

In reptiles, the supraciliary scales are scales located immediately above the eyes, below the supraocular scales. Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996)...

In reptiles, the sublabial scales, also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They...

Geckolepis is a genus of geckos, commonly referred to as fish scale geckos, which are endemic to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. They are nocturnal...

The prefrontal scales on snakes and other reptiles are the scales adjacent and anterior to the frontal, towards the tip of the snout, which are also in...

and arranged in overlapping rows resembling the scales of a fish/reptile or roofing tiles. The scales are usually assembled and strapped by lacing or...