Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Geoemydidae Genus: Melanochelys Species: M. trijuga Specimen Description The turtle’s Skelton is unique as it’s had a dome shaped shell over the body, an adaptation that protects it from predators. The carapace and plastron each arose from two types of bone, dermal bones that form in...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Clade: Parareptilia Order: Mesosauria Family: Mesosauridae Genus: Mesosaurus Description Mesosaurus is an extinct reptile which lived approximately 300 million years ago during the Early Permian Period. Mesosaurus is one of the first reptiles to return to an aquatic lifestyle. The nostrils are on top of...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Pythonidae Genus: Python Species: P. molurus Specimen Description The Indian rock python skeleton consists of a 20 foot long. It has over 650 ribs and over 700 vertebrae. There is a tiny pair of rear legs are present adjacent to...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Description Lizard (suborder Sauria), any of more than 5,500 species of reptiles belonging in the order Squamata. Lizards are scaly-skinned reptiles that are usually distinguished from snakes by the possession of legs, movable eyelids, and external ear openings. However, some traditional (that is, non-snake)...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Varanidae Genus: Varanus Species: V. bengalensis Specimen Description The head of Xenopus laevis is wedge-shaped and smaller than the body. It has a unique morphology because it lacks a tongue and a visible ear. It has two small eyes found...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Genus: Crocodylus Specimen Description The epidermal exoskeleton of the Crocodile consists of oblong horny scales, arranged in transverse rows. The dermal exoskeleton consists of bony scutes that underlie the epidermal scales of the dorsal surface. The overlying scales, are...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Genus: Crocodylus Specimen Description Crocodiles are larger, have V-shaped jaw. Each crocodile jaw carries 24 sharp teeth meant to grasp and crush, not to chew, some of their teeth can be seen even when the jaw is fully closed....
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Genus: Crocodylus Specimen Description In crocodile, the nuchal scales further down the neck are characterised by four large scales in a square, flanked by two lateral scutes (one on each side). There are four longitudinal rows of dorsal scutes...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Genus: Crocodylus Specimen Description The skin of crocodilians is thick and cornified, and is clad in non-overlapping scales known as scutes, arranged in regular rows and patterns. The outer surface of the scutes consists of the relatively rigid beta-keratin...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Specimen Description About the animal Reference
