Lizard
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Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes, encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The
A young Mediterranean house gecko in the process of moulting.
Red tegu (Tupinambis rufescens) skull, showing teeth of differing types
Adhesive pads enable geckos to climb vertically.
Snake
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Snakes are elongated legless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group
Tetrapodophis
Eupodophis descouensi
Eupodophis descouensi