Lepidosaurs facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lepidosaurs Temporal range: Triassic – Recent

A Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder:	Lepidosauria
Orders
Squamata Lizards Snakes Sphenodontia

The Lepidosauria (Greek for scaled lizards) are reptiles with overlapping scales. They include the tuataras, lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians.

Lepidosauria is a superorder of Sauropsida. It includes the orders :

Images for kids

Holotype specimen of Tetrapodophis, once considered as a four-legged snake, and now an example of a fresh water lepidosaur linked to mosasaurs
The oldest known record is the indeterminate lepidosaur SMNS 91060 and 91060
Schematic skull of a squamate showing the location of major dermal bones
The quadrate bone is particularly elongated in snakes, to facilitate cranial kinesis
The foot of a skink, showing lepidosaurs' characteristic overlapping scales
Python (top) and rattlesnake (bottom) featuring pit organs for infrared sensing. Red arrows indicating pit organs and black arrows pointing to the nostrils
A green crested lizard feeding on an invertebrate
An eastern blue-tongued lizard preyed upon by an eastern brown snake
Global range of lizard species
Boots made from snake skin, the three closest from diamondback rattlesnakes