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Narrative
Reptiles (Class Reptilia) are an ancient group of scaled chordates. These scales may be permanently joined, as in the turtles, or flexible, as in the snakes. Reptiles are land-based. Their eggs are laid on land and the young are air breathing.
Taxonomy
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Chordata
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Backboned Animals
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Class
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Reptilia
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Reptiles
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References
| Title | Author | Comments |
| Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern North America | Conant, Roger | An excellent survey of the reptiles and amphibians of the eastern region of North America. This book is intentionally listed twice so that it will retrieve under both reptiles and amphibians. |
| Reptiles and Amphibians | Capula, Massimo | This book is intentionally listed twice so it will retrieve under both reptiles and amphibians. |
| Reptile World, The | Pope, Clifford H. | This excellent survey of the reptile world includes a detailed analyses of the crocodilians, turtles, snakes, and lizards. This 325 page reference covers the taxonomy of the reptiles, and also introduces in detail many of the more important species. |
| Reptile Book, The | Ditmars, Raymond Lee | This 465 page detailed work covers the reptiles of North America including Northern Mexico. Although this is an older work, the amount of information it contains makes it a very valuable reference. |
| Snake | Mattison, Chris | This 192 page book features in color 60 of the largest and best known snakes of the world. Of particular interest is the 41 page directory listing all known snakes at the back of the book. |
| Living Snakes of the World in Color | Mehrtens, John M. | This excellent snake encyclopedia contains of 540 photographs of living specimens. The easy to use format has typically one species per page with a color photograph and descriptive text. |
| Reptiles and Amphibians | Uchiyama, Ryu | This is a picture book with over 80 wonderful color photographs. The pictures give a personality to each of the reptiles and amphibians that are pictured. This book is fun! |
| Reptiles of Australia | Wilson, Steve | This is an excellent survey of the reptiles found in Australia. 836 species are described with distribution maps. There are 930 color photos that portray the vast majority of these reptiles in their native habitat. |
| Guide to Field Identification Reptiles of North America | Smith, Hobart H. | The excellent color drawings and colored distribution maps will permit easy identification of most of the reptiles of North America. |
| Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians | Behler, John L. | With 657 full color photographs this is an excellent book for beginners and experts alike. |
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| Genus | Species |
| Abies | cephalonica |
| Abies | forrestii |
| Abies | numidica |
| Abies | pinsapo |
| Abies | veitchii |
| Abramis | ballerus |
| Abramis | brama |
| Abramis | sapa |
| Acacia | tortuosa |
| Acacia | wrightii |
| Acantharchus | pomotis |
| Acanthocybium | solanderi |
| Accipiter | albogularis |
| Accipiter | badius |
| Accipiter | bicolor |
| Accipiter | brachyurus |
| Accipiter | brevipes |
| Accipiter | buergersi |
| Accipiter | butleri |
| Accipiter | castanilius |
| Accipiter | chionogaster |
| Accipiter | cirrhocephalus |
| Accipiter | collaris |
| Accipiter | erythrauchen |
| Accipiter | erythronemius |
| Accipiter | erythropus |
| Accipiter | fasciatus |
| Accipiter | francesii |
| Accipiter | griseiceps |
| Accipiter | gularis |
| Accipiter | gundlachi |
| Accipiter | haplochrous |
| Accipiter | henicogrammus |
| Accipiter | henstii |
| Accipiter | imitator |
| Accipiter | luteoschistaceus |
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