Lizard — For other uses, see Lizard (disambiguation). Lizards Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 220–0 Ma … Wikipedia
lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing… … Universalium
worm lizard — any of numerous burrowing, primarily legless lizards of the suborder Amphisbaenia, mostly inhabiting tropical areas and resembling an earthworm in shape. * * * ▪ reptile (Rhineura floridana), lizard that has no limbs or external eyes or… … Universalium
List of reptiles — This is a list of extant reptiles by family, spanning three subclasses.=Subclass Anapsida=Order Testudines Turtles*Suborder Cryptodira **Family Chelydridae Common Snapping Turtles and Alligator Snapping Turtle **Family Emydidae Pond Turtles and… … Wikipedia
List of families — This is a list of families used in scientific classification.=Kingdom Animalia=Phylum ChordataClass AvesOrder Accipitriformes* Family Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and allies * Family Cathartidae: New World vultures * … Wikipedia
Squamata — This article is about the Squamata order of reptiles. For the Roman scale armour, see Lorica squamata. Scaled reptiles Temporal range: Late Triassic recent … Wikipedia
glass snake — noun snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail • Syn: ↑glass lizard, ↑joint snake • Hypernyms: ↑anguid lizard • Member Holonyms: ↑Ophisaurus, ↑genus… … Useful english dictionary
List of examples of convergent evolution — Convergent evolution the evolution of similar traits in unrelated lineages is rife in nature, as illustrated by the examples below.In animals;Mammals * The marsupial Thylacine Tasmanian Wolf, had many resemblances to the placental Canids.… … Wikipedia
Ophiosaurus gracilis — Burmese Glass Lizard Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia … Wikipedia
O. gracilis — may refer to: Obruchevichthys gracilis, an extinct tetrapod species from Latvia during the Late Devonian Oceanites gracilis, the Elliot s storm petrel, aseabird species Oedipina gracilis, a salamander species found in Costa Rica and Panama… … Wikipedia
