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3 giorni fa · Hatteria. (Gray, 1842) (rejected name) Rhynchocephalus. ( Owen, 1845) (rejected name) The tuatara ( Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand. Despite its close resemblance to lizards, it is part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia. [8] The name tuatara is derived from the Māori language and means "peaks ...
9 mag 2024 · reptile, any member of the class Reptilia, the group of air-breathing vertebrates that have internal fertilization, amniotic development, and epidermal scales covering part or all of their body. The major groups of living reptiles—the turtles (order Testudines), tuatara (order Rhynchocephalia [Sphenodontida]), lizards and snakes (order ...
3 giorni fa · The green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, [4] is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia. [5] Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the ...
3 giorni fa · Class Reptilia (reptiles) Class Aves (birds) Class Mammalia (mammals) In addition to these, there are two classes of extinct armoured fishes, the Placodermi and the Acanthodii, both considered paraphyletic. Other ways of classifying the vertebrates have been devised, particularly with emphasis on the phylogeny of early amphibians and reptiles.
3 giorni fa · Variegated golden frog ( Mantella baroni) in the Ranomafana National Park of Madagascar. A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura [1] (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').
1 giorno fa · The saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India 's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996. [2]
3 giorni fa · Draco. (lizard) Draco is a genus of agamid lizards [1] that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight via membranes that may be extended to create wings ( patagia ), formed by an enlarged set of ribs. They are arboreal insectivores .
