Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In herpetology, the scaly reptiles.
- In mammalogy, scaly mammals; a group of the Entomophaga or insectivorous edentates, containing the single family Manididæ, the scaly ant-eaters, or pangolins, in which the body is squamated, being covered with horny overlapping scales. The group is now usually ranked as a suborder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesuperorder Lepidosauria — thescaled reptiles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is an essentially random distribution within Squamata, so it’s certainly conceivable that groups like anguids might have evolved this ability too.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Snakes are suborder within the order of '' Squamata '', class of reptiles ( '' Reptilia ''), subphylum vertebrats, phylum '' Chordata ''.
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Get an eyeful of this: a new species of giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja)
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species.
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The order Testudines includes turtles, the order Squamata includes lizards and snakes, the order Crocodylia contains crocodiles and alligators, and the order Rhynchocephalia contains the lizard-like tuataras.
Reptile 2008
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Only the Testudines and Squamata are represented in Canada by 17 aquatic or semi-aquatic species of turtles and 10 aquatic or semi-aquatic snakes.
Reptile 2008
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A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia: Zootaxa (preview of article) The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
BBC News - Home 2011
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JL (2008) Phylogeny and systematics of Squamata (Reptilia) based on morphology.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew C. Brandley et al. 2010
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Definition of the Philippine parachute gecko, Ptychozoon intermedium Taylor 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): redescription, designation of a neotype, comparisons with related species
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Ptychozoon intermedium Taylor 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): redescription, designation of a neotype, comparisons with related species.
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