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Squamata

an order of reptiles containing the lizards and snakes, which have a skin with horny epidermal scales or shields. The moveable quadrate bone makes it possible to move the upper jaw with respect to the braincase.
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Ross, "A review of Salmonella and squamates (lizards, snakes and amphisbians): implications for public health," Pathogens, vol.
Nontyphoidal Salmonella as a Cause of Mediastinal Abscess after Aortic Valve Replacement: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Salmonella Infections
The outer, beta keratin-rich layer of the squamate epidermis bears intricate fine sculpturing (microornamentation), which varies from base to apex of an individual scale.
Surface morphology of dorsal scales of red cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) and gray ratsnakes (Pantherophis spiloides) from Middle Tennessee
(1999): Squamates (Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lano (Basque Country, Spain).
The biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain)
Ashton and Feldman [17] found that turtles follow Bergmann's rule whereas squamates contrast it.
Climate-related variation in body dimensions within four lacertid species
It is widely assumed that there is a functional relationship in squamates between flicking of the tongue and delivery of chemical cues to the vomeronasal system (VNS; see Young, 1993), Electrophysiological data have demonstrated a close temporal correlation between the activity pattern of the tongue retractor system and stimulation of the sensory receptors in the vomeronasal organs (VNO; Meredith & Burghardt, 1978).
Effects of deprivation of vomeronasal chemoreception on prey discrimination in rattlesnakes
The exhibition examines many aspects of squamates, including differences in hunting techniques.
Lizards and snakes ... oh, my! The American Museum of Natural History is the ideal showcase for live squamates and their remarkable adaptations for survival, including projectile tongues, deadly venom, amazing camouflage, and sometimes surprising modes of locomotion
In squamates, researchers have demonstrated a positive correlation between adult body size and age at maturation (e.g., Dunham & Miles 1985).
Minimum size at maturation in the mud snake, Farancia abacura (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the southeastern United States
"Squamates" is the name for lizards--including snakes and limbless lizards.
Scaly surprises: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition to learn about scaly lizards and snakes
This Grey-Banded Kingsnake is just one species that's part of a group of animals called squamates (SKWAH-mates).
Leapin' lizards: go behind the scenes of a museum exhibition on scaly lizards and snakes
Typical n ode-based definitions, then, might read as follows: "Lepidosauria is the most recent common ancestor of Sphenodon and squamates and all of its descendants" or "Mammalia is the most recent common ancestor of montremes and therians and all of their descendants."
The Linnaean system and its 250-year persistence
It is widely assumed that there is a functional relationship in squamates between extrusion of the tongue (tongue flick behavior) and delivery of chemical cues to the vomeronasal system (VNS).
The vomeronasal system and predatory behavior in rattlesnakes
It remains to be seen how mortality risk is distributed in natural populations of squamates, but the effect still calls the generality of the Shine and Schwarzkopf (1992) model into serious question (Niewiarowski and Dunham 1994).
Effects of mortality risk and growth on a model of reproductive effort: why the Shine and Schwarzkopf model is not general

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