Reptiles, WHA-YIN
Turtles, tuatara, lizards and snakes, and crocodiles make up the major groups of living reptiles today, and they collectively account for over 8,700 species. Plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and dinosaurs are part of the diverse group of now-extinct reptiles that were once found on Earth but that we are now unlikely to encounter.
Reptiles Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Turtles’ diets vary based on their species and where they live. Many turtles are herbivorous, and mainly live off......
Although snakes are predators, they are also themselves eaten by other creatures, making them secondary consumers......
One day 66 million years ago, an asteroid the size of a mountain struck near the Yucatán Peninsula with an explosive......
What is a tortoise anyway? Is it just a fancy way to say “turtle”? Well, actually, there’s a meaningful difference......
Don’t know a gator from a crocodile? You’re probably not alone. Although these large reptiles belong to different......
People are often afraid of snakes because of a combination of factors—ranging from the fear of venomous bites to......
No matter how much you like pterodactyls, you’ll want to think twice before telling someone that they’re your favorite......
The slow pace at which turtles move through life is primarily due to their unique anatomy and evolutionary adaptations.......
As snakes grow, their skin does not grow with them. Instead, they periodically shed their outer layer of skin to......
Turtles are known for their long lifespans, with some species such as the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)......
The suffix -saurus, which appears at the end of the scientific names of various dinosaurs (and in shortened form......
wolf snake, any of a number of nonvenomous members of the family Colubridae, named for large teeth in both jaws.......
wood turtle, (Clemmys insculpta), a woodland streamside turtle of the family Emydidae, found from Nova Scotia through......
worm snake, any of various harmless burrowing snakes of wormlike appearance. This name is often given to blind......
Yinlong, ceratopsian dinosaur genus known from a single nearly complete skeleton taken from the Junggar Basin of......