Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Squamata.html" title="Facts and information about Squamata">Squamata</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Squamata

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

Squamata (lizards, snakes; class Reptilia, subclass Lepidosauria) A highly successful order which includes 95% of all living reptiles. The lizards and snakes are each given ordinal status in some classifications. The earliest lizards had appeared by the Triassic and the snakes, which might be regarded as ‘legless’ lizards, diverged from the ancestral line in the Cretaceous. The skull has lost the lower temporal arch, allowing mobility of the quadrate and increased gape. The tongue is notched or forked. Body scales are generally small and overlapping. Limblessness is common. They are divided into two suborders (or orders), Sauria (Lacertilia) and Serpentes (Ophidia).

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Squamata." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Squamata." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Squamata.html

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Squamata." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved February 10, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Squamata.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell 1861) (squamata, gymnophthalmidae) en... Magazine article from: Caldasia Hernández-Ruz, Emil José January 1, 2006 700+ words ...Gymnophthalmus speciosus, lagartos de Colombia, Squamata. Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell 1861) (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in Colombia ABSTRACT...Gymnophthalmus speciosus, Colombian lizards, Squamata. INTRODUCCIN El gnero Gymnophthalmus...
	Time-resoultion of the antheraxanthin- and (delta)pH-dependent chlorophyll a... Magazine article from: Photochemistry and Photobiology Gilmore, Adam M; Yamamoto, Harry Y August 1, 2001 700+ words ...II Energy Dissipation in Mantoniella squamata(para) ABSTRACT The electronic excited...photosystem II (PSII) in Mantoniella squamata, as influenced by the xanthophyll cycle...marine prasinophycean alga Mantoniella squamata represents a unique natural system with...
	Osteoderms of the California Legless Lizard Anniella (Squamata: Anguidae) and... Magazine article from: Copeia Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S; Bell, Christopher J December 18, 2008 700+ words ...closed skull convergent with that of certain other small Squamata, it is the only constituent of Anguidae for which Rieppel...sister taxon; the relationships of most other small-bodied Squamata with closed braincases Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, Serpentes...
	CONIASAURUS OWEN, 1850 (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA), FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS NIOBRARA... Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology Shimada, Kenshu; Bell, Gorden L Jr May 1, 2006 700+ words ...paleoecological component to the Niobrara fauna. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY Class REPTILIA Subclass DIAPSIDA Infraclass LEPIDOSAURIA Order SQUAMATA Oppel, 1811 Family DOLICHOSAURIDAE Gervais, 1852 Genus CONIASAURUS Owen, 1850 CONIASAURUS sp. Figure 1 Description...
	Reproduction in the Lizard Phyllodactylus lanei (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the... Magazine article from: Copeia Ramírez-Sandoval, Elizabeth; Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Vitt, Laurie J March 1, 2006 700+ words ...datos necesarios para probar hiptesis que traten de explicar la diversidad de historias de vida observadas en los reptiles squamata. El ciclo reproductivo de Phyllodactylus lanei de Chamela Jalisco, Mexico fue acclico y vari entre meses y sexos. Los machos...
	New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur, Tylosaurus... Magazine article from: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Everhart, Michael J. April 1, 2002 700+ words ...T. nepaeolicus from T. proriger, the two species are closer in size than previously reported. INTRODUCTION Mosasaurs (Squamata; Mosasauridae) are extinct marine lizards that lived during the Late Cretaceous, from the Turonian (Martin and Stewart...
	Rhadinaea myersi (squamata: colubridae) in Guerrero and Oaxaca,... Magazine article from: Southwestern Naturalist Garcia-Vazquez, Uri Omar Duran-Fuentes, Itzel De Oca, Adrian Nieto-Montes Smith, Hobart M. September 1, 2009 700+ words The genus Rhadinaea includes 51 species of snakes (Myers, 1974; Flores-Villela, 1993; Mendelson and Kizirian, 1995; Flores-Villela and Canseco-Marquez, 2004) that are small to medium in size. Rhadinaea is distributed in the American mainland between 35[degrees]N (Cape Hetteras, North Carolina) and
	The Trimorphodon biscutatus (Squamata: Colubridae) Species Complex Revisited: A... Magazine article from: Copeia Devitt, Thomas J; LaDuc, Travis J; McGuire, Jimmy A June 4, 2008 700+ words The Western Lyresnake (Trimorphodon biscutatus) inhabits arid regions from the desert southwestern United States southward along the Pacific lowland versant to northwestern Costa Rica and exhibits substantial geographic variation in size, squamation, and color pattern across its range. We examined
	Alsophis portoricensis anegadae (Squamata: Colubridae): Morphometric... Magazine article from: Copeia Barun, Arijana; Perry, Gad; Henderson, Robert W; Powell, Robert February 28, 2007 700+ words From 2001-2005, we collected and individually marked 219 Alsophis portoricensis anegadae from Guana Island, British Virgin Islands, during the months SeptemberOctober to determine morphometric characters, evaluate incidence of scarring and tail damage, and assess habitat use and activity. Males
	A New Riparian Gymnophthalmid (Squamata) from Guyana Magazine article from: Copeia Donnelly, Maureen A; MacCulloch, Ross D; Ugarte, Cristina A; Kizirian, David September 15, 2006 700+ words We describe a new species of riparian gymnophthalmid from Guyana characterized by striated rostral and mental scales, three rows of scales of subequal size between the rostral and frontal scales, and the absence of a unpaired median postmental. The new taxon shares derived features with species in

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	Squamata Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology Squamata ( lizards , snakes ; class Reptilia , subclass Lepidosauria ) A highly successful order which includes 95% of all living reptiles...
	lizard Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition lizard a reptile of the order Squamata, which also includes the snake . Lizards form the suborder Sauria...phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, suborder Sauria. Bibliography: See W. M. Milstead, ed...
	sea snake Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...species leave the water to lay eggs on coral reefs. These snakes have ventral plates like those of land snakes. Sea snakes are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Hydrophidae.
	racer Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...some of the coachwhip snakes ( Masticophis ). The speckled racers are species of the genus Dryombius. All of the racers are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Colubridae.
	iguana Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and other small animals as well as some plant matter. In nearly all species the females lay eggs in the ground. Iguanas are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Iguanidae.