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Reptile
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Group of animals including lepidosaurs, testudines, and archosaurs
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Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living reptiles comprise four orders: Testudines (turtles), Crocodilia (crocodilians), Squamata (lizards and snakes), and Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara). As of May 2023, about 12,000 living species of reptiles are...

Instance of
Taxon
Subclass of
Tetrapod
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