Reptile

Of vertebrate and Reptilia.   May also be referred to as reptilian.

Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms.

This concept's ID is @1~8376

Contains

  • diapsid 5 facts

    Reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye.

  • synapsid 5 facts

    Extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull.

  • anapsid 1 facts

    Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except...

  • Diapsida 0 facts

    Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded...