Reptile Knowledge Challenge

The four orders of living reptiles are Testudines (turtles), Crocodilia (crocodilians), Squamata (lizards and snakes), and Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara).

The study of the traditional reptile orders, customarily in combination with the study of modern amphibians, is called herpetology.

As of May 2023, about 12,000 living species of reptiles are listed in the Reptile Database.

<p>In Linnaean taxonomy, reptiles are gathered together under the class Reptilia (rep-TIL-ee-ə), which corresponds to common usage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to modern cladistic taxonomy, reptiles are considered paraphyletic because genetic and paleontological evidence has determined that birds (class Aves) are the living sister taxon to crocodilians, and are thus nested among reptiles from an evolutionary perspective.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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