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Lepidosaurs
Temporal range: Triassic – Recent
Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard.JPG
A Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Diapsida
Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder:
Lepidosauria
Orders

The Lepidosauria (Greek for scaled lizards) are reptiles with overlapping scales. They include the tuataras, lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians.

Lepidosauria is a superorder of Sauropsida. It includes the orders :

Images for kids

  • Tetrapodophis amplectus 3483

    Holotype specimen of Tetrapodophis, once considered as a four-legged snake, and now an example of a fresh water lepidosaur linked to mosasaurs

  • Lepidosaur SMNS 91060 - 91060

    The oldest known record is the indeterminate lepidosaur SMNS 91060 and 91060

  • Skull squamata 1

    Schematic skull of a squamate showing the location of major dermal bones

  • Serpiente en el parque de Jaraguá 2

    The quadrate bone is particularly elongated in snakes, to facilitate cranial kinesis

  • Katoomba-Hand-of-skink-edited

    The foot of a skink, showing lepidosaurs' characteristic overlapping scales

  • The Pit Organs of Two Different Snakes

    Python (top) and rattlesnake (bottom) featuring pit organs for infrared sensing. Red arrows indicating pit organs and black arrows pointing to the nostrils

  • Bronchocela sp

    A green crested lizard feeding on an invertebrate

  • Lizard range

    Global range of lizard species

  • SnakeskinBoots1 gobeirne

    Boots made from snake skin, the three closest from diamondback rattlesnakes

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