SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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Chelonia
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Squamata
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Rhynchocephalia
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Crocodilia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The major groups of living reptiles-the turtles (order Testudines), tuatara (order Rhynchocephalia [Sphenodontida]), lizards and snakes (order Squamata), and crocodiles (order Crocodylia, or Crocodilia)-account for over 8, 700 species.
Detailed explanation-2: -Snakes, lizards (suborder Lacertilia), and amphisbaenians (suborder Amphisbaenia), make up the order Squamata, which is the second-largest order of extant vertebrates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the most diverse order of extant reptiles, comprised of the lizards and snakes and characterized a flexible jaw structure (movable quadrate bones) and having scales or shields rather than shells or secondary palates.
Detailed explanation-4: -Snakes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, suborder Serpentes.