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examples of reptiles [3]

Reptiles: cold-blooded vertebrates covered in scales (about 6,000 species) having limbs that are sometimes atrophied or absent.
examples of reptiles [3] Medium-sized nonvenomous snake found in hot regions of the Americas; it lives mainly in trees or in the water and kills its prey by strangulation. Large diurnal carnivorous lizard with an elongated head found in hot regions of Africa, Asia and Australia; there are land and aquatic species. Giant lizard found in tropical regions of the Americas and the Pacific islands and having a spiny dorsal crest; it lives mainly in trees.

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skeleton of a venomous snake: head

anatomy of a venomous snake

morphology of a venomous snake: head

boa

Medium-sized nonvenomous snake found in hot regions of the Americas; it lives mainly in trees or in the water and kills its prey by strangulation.

monitor lizard

Large diurnal carnivorous lizard with an elongated head found in hot regions of Africa, Asia and Australia; there are land and aquatic species.

iguana

Giant lizard found in tropical regions of the Americas and the Pacific islands and having a spiny dorsal crest; it lives mainly in trees.