These reptiles routinely experience ecdysis, the shedding of a layer of skin. They do this to accommodate their growth, ...

The reptile order Squamata, which includes snakes, lizards and legless worm-looking creatures known as amphisbaenians, is the largest order of living land vertebrates on the planet.

Although the Squamata is the largest order of reptiles, made up of over 10,000 different species, their evolutionary origins are not yet well understood.

SAN ANTONIO — Jim Mendenhall has been bitten seven times by venomous snakes, once by a baby water moccasin that left him with weeks of excruciating pain — "like having your hand slammed in a ...

Thirty-five species, representing seven amphibian families and five families of reptiles, occur in the Adirondack region. New York State distribution maps for these species can be found on the New ...

The cold-blooded reptiles tend to seek shelter in trees when it gets cold. ... Green Iguana Iguana Iguanidae Lizards Reptile Squamata. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Look out below!

Lizards are a diverse group of reptiles made up of thousands of species around the world, ... Lizards belong to the order Squamata, which they share with snakes.

Snakes and lizards are reptiles that belong to the order Squamata. They share several traits but differ in one obvious respect: Snakes do not have limbs. The two suborders diverged more than 100 ...

Leaders from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) joined Gov. Henry McMaster, key legislators and other stakeholders today at Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens for a formal bill ...

A new state law and attendant regulations enabled by Act 177 will provide significant protections for South Carolina’s native turtle populations, as well as other native reptiles and amphibians.