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Encyclopedia of Evolution

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences, Social sciences, Anthropology
Length:
3,582 words
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1

Reptiles, the Reptilia, are a group of amniotes, four-legged vertebrates that differ from amphibians in possessing adaptations permitting full terrestriality, ...

Reptiles

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The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
Science and technology, Life Sciences
Length:
10,553 words
Illustration(s):
26

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reptiles

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The Oxford Companion to the Earth

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Earth Sciences and Geography
Length:
996 words
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1

Reptiles, together with birds and mammals, constitute a single monophyletic group (an ancestor and all its descendants) that is called ...

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World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
84 words

Any of c.6,000 species of vertebrates distributed worldwide. Reptiles are cold-blooded. Most lay eggs on land. Some species - ...

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