Undulation — may refer to:* Lateral undulation, the most primitive of vertebrate locomotor patterns * Law of Undulation, an invention of C. S. Lewis * Undulation of the geoid, the separation between the geoid and the reference ellipsoid of the Earth … Wikipedia
Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Concertina movement — is the movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping or anchoring with portions of the body while pulling/pushing other sections in the direction of movement.[1] Each point on the snake s body goes through… … Wikipedia
Chrysopelea — Not to be confused with flying serpent. Chrysopelea Ornate Flying Snake, Chrysopelia ornata Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
Sidewinding — is a type of locomotion unique to caenophidian snakes, used to move across loose or slippery substrates. It is most often used by the Saharan horned viper, Cerastes cerastes , and the sidewinder rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes , to move across… … Wikipedia
amphibian — /am fib ee euhn/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial,… … Universalium
snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an … Universalium
Undichna — Taxobox color = #e0d0b0 name = Undichna image width = 240px image caption = fossil range = Silurian ? regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata genus = Undichna (Ichnogenus) subdivision ranks = Species (Ichnospecies) subdivision = * Undichna bina… … Wikipedia
Madygenerpeton — Temporal range: Middle/Upper Triassic Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia