Reptiles arose about 320 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Reptiles, in the traditional sense of the term, are defined as animals that... 31 KB (3,366 words) - 18:08, 22 March 2024 |
List of reptiles List of largest reptiles List of largest extant lizards Lists of reptiles by region List of U.S. state reptiles Marine reptile List of marine... 4 KB (349 words) - 13:12, 24 February 2024 |
Tuatara (category Endemic reptiles of New Zealand) relatives are squamates (lizards and snakes). Tuatara are of interest for studying the evolution of reptiles. Tuatara are greenish brown and grey, and measure... 87 KB (9,263 words) - 19:47, 26 April 2024 |
study of these traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. The following list of reptiles lists... 7 KB (552 words) - 22:00, 30 March 2024 |
Clavicle (redirect from Acromial end of the clavicle) between the base of the clavicles, although this is not found in living amphibians. The cleithrum disappeared early in the evolution of reptiles, and is not... 17 KB (1,989 words) - 04:31, 26 February 2024 |
Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12... 10 KB (1,063 words) - 18:10, 23 April 2024 |
male reptiles. In all reptiles and mammals the sperm storage region of the epididymis can objectively be identified as that distal extremity of the epididymis... 23 KB (2,547 words) - 04:32, 15 March 2023 |
Snake (redirect from Evolution of snakes) Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (/sɜːrˈpɛntiːz/). Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote... 150 KB (15,043 words) - 02:22, 27 April 2024 |
Viviparity (redirect from Evolution of viviparity) examining the evolution of reproductive mode in squamate reptiles". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 324 (6):... 17 KB (1,956 words) - 21:17, 21 April 2024 |
Squamata (redirect from Scaled reptiles) is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes. With over 11,500 species, it is also the second-largest order of extant (living) vertebrates... 60 KB (3,658 words) - 05:08, 27 April 2024 |
Vertebrate (redirect from Evolution of vertebrates) vertebrates Sauropsids (reptiles and birds, as well as the extinct parareptiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs and Mesozoic marine reptiles) Synapsids (mammals as... 77 KB (7,023 words) - 02:52, 10 April 2024 |
Herpetology (redirect from Study of reptiles) problems in the ecology, evolution, physiology, behavior, taxonomy, or molecular biology of amphibians and reptiles. Amphibians or reptiles can be used as model... 14 KB (1,296 words) - 10:05, 14 April 2024 |
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes... 238 KB (24,700 words) - 04:40, 1 April 2024 |
Lizard (redirect from Evolution of lizards) Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging... 66 KB (6,511 words) - 02:04, 20 April 2024 |
Lepidosauria (redirect from Evolution of lepidosaurs) mammals are known to prey on reptiles, the major predator is other reptiles. Some reptiles eat reptile eggs, for example the diet of the Nile monitor includes... 30 KB (3,272 words) - 11:50, 13 April 2024 |
The reptiles of Great Britain include three native snakes and three native lizards. A number of sea turtles visit Great Britain's shores. There are also... 9 KB (531 words) - 19:36, 22 March 2024 |
Monotreme (redirect from Evolution of monotremes) bacterial pathogens. Some reptile venom is also composed of different types of β-defensins, another trait shared with reptiles. It is thought to be an ancient... 43 KB (4,277 words) - 04:24, 19 April 2024 |
Quadratojugal bone (section In reptiles and amphibians) contribution to the jaw joint. Early in their evolution, diapsid reptiles evolved a lower temporal bar which was composed of the quadratojugal and jugal. The lower... 16 KB (1,789 words) - 09:16, 18 March 2024 |
The evolution of cetaceans is thought to have begun in the Indian subcontinent from even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) 50 million years ago (mya) and to... 81 KB (9,674 words) - 21:47, 13 March 2024 |
Sauropsida (category Reptiles) extinct stem-group relatives of modern reptiles, as well as birds (which, as theropod dinosaurs, are nested within reptiles as more closely related to crocodilians... 30 KB (2,729 words) - 14:19, 19 April 2024 |
Turtle (redirect from Symposium on Turtle Evolution) Turtles, or testudines, are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided... 126 KB (13,068 words) - 02:12, 26 April 2024 |
This list of fossil reptiles described in 2024 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2024, as well as other significant... 46 KB (4,493 words) - 21:00, 26 April 2024 |