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Lepidosauria facts for kids
| Lepidosaurs Temporal range: Triassic – Recent |
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| A Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
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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
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Boots made from snake skin, the three closest from diamondback rattlers