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| Order: tuataras. Acrodont teeth and heterodont dentition. Diastema between premaxillary and maxillary teeth. Osteoderms and true hemipenes absent. New Zealand. |
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| Family: tuataras. Acrodont teeth and heterodont dentition. Diastema between premaxillary and maxillary teeth. Osteoderms and true hemipenes absent. New Zealand. |
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| Order: scaled reptiles, true hemipenes present, vomeronasal (Jacobson's) organ, egg tooth, diapsid skull. |
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| Suborder: modified row of mid-dorsal scales, fleshy tongue. |
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Family: Moderately large lizards of mesic to arid areas that consume insects and some
vertebrates. highly mobile predators with long legs, long tails, and large heads |
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Family: Moderate to large in size, herbivorous, and some with large dorsal crests. These
lizards exhibit several different ecomorphs. |
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Family: diverse both in morphology and ecology.
Keeled spiny scales
Short snouts |
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| Family: includes anolis lizards, have developed toe pads, mostly arboreal. |
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| Family: old world iguanas, all ecomorphs present. |
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Family: Skull often extended posteriorly
Body strongly laterally compressed
Eyes protruding, and independently moveable
Opposable digits
Zygodactylus feet
Tongue highly projectile |
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