EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Squamata (/skwæˈmeɪtə/, Latin squamatus, ‘scaly, having scales’) is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians (worm lizards), which are collectively known as squamates or scaled reptiles.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Squamata, or the scaled reptiles, are the largest recent order of reptiles, comprising all lizards and snakes. With over 10, 000 species, it is also the second-largest order of extant vertebrates, after the perciform fish, and roughly equal in number to the Saurischia (one of the two major groups of dinosaurs).

Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction. Reptiles, traditionally considered one of the major classes of the phylum Vertebrata, include three major groups: turtles (Order Testudines), crocodilians (Order Crocodylia), and snakes and lizards (Order Squamata).

Detailed explanation-4: -Squamates are a highly successful and familiar group of reptilies including lizards (e.g. gekkotans, skinks, chamaeleons), snakes, and amphisbaenians. In addition to the plesiomorphic reptilian condition of egg-laying (oviparity), some groups give birth to live young (viviparity). More items