Autarchoglossa

reptile clade

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evolution of lizards

  • black girdle-tailed lizard
    In lizard: Evolution and classification

    …the Gekkota (geckos) and the Autarchoglossa (snakes, skinks, and their relatives). Use of the vomerolfaction system did not develop within Gekkota to the extent that it did within Autarchoglossa; however, the tongue was increasingly used as a tool for cleaning the spectacle, a transparent scale covering the eye. A nasal…

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