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List Of Reptiles Of Kerala
This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India. Order: Crocodilia (crocodilians) Suborder: Eusuchia Family: Crocodylidae (crocodiles) = Genus: ''Crocodylus'' = ''Crocodylus porosus'' (saltwater crocodile / :ml:കായൽ മുതല, കായൽ മുതല) File:SaltwaterCrocodile('Maximo').jpg, Dorsal view File:Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) (10106331165).jpg, Lateral view File:Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), Gembira Loka Zoo, 2015-03-15 01.jpg, Head ''Crocodylus palustris'' (mugger crocodile / :ml:മഗ്ഗർ മുതല, മഗ്ഗർ മുതല) File:Mugger crocodile in Gir Forest National Park.jpg, Lateral view File:Mugger crocodile (Gando) in Chabahar, Iran- by Hadi Karimi.jpg, Lateral view File:Mugger Crocodile (8453136541).jpg, Head Order: Testudines (turtles) Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Geoemydidae (pond, river and wood turtles) = Genus: ''Melanochelys'' = ''Melanochelys trijuga'' (Indian black turtle / :ml: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reptile
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians (tuatara). As of March 2022, the Reptile Database includes about 11,700 species. In the traditional Linnaean classification system, birds are considered a separate class to reptiles. However, crocodilians are more closely related to birds than they are to other living reptiles, and so modern cladistic classification systems include birds within Reptilia, redefining the term as a clade. Other cladistic definitions abandon the term reptile altogether in favor of the clade Sauropsida, which refers to all amniotes more closely related to modern reptiles than to mammals. The study of the traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. The earliest known proto-reptiles originated around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
