Reptiles in a sentence

In a 2017 story in The New Yorker about reptile trafficking, Foose was cited as a “virtuous” herper (slang for people who search for reptiles) speaking out against the illegal trade of reptiles.

However, the reproductive biology of reptiles presents unique barriers for the use of this technology, and there are currently no reptiles with effective methods for targeted mutagenesis,” the authors wrote.

However, mammals hail from the synapsids (which were once described as "mammal-like reptiles") and birds are descended from the dinosaurs (a group of Diapsida ), both of which are reptiles.

Of all the living reptiles, Mackal argues that the iguana and the monitor lizards bear the closest resemblance to the Mokèlé-mbèmbé, though, at 15 to convert long, the Mokèlé-mbèmbé would exceed the size of any known living examples of such reptiles.

The scales of all reptiles have an epidermal component (what one sees on the surface), but many reptiles, such as crocodylians and turtles, have osteoderms underlying the epidermal scale.

These respectively evolved from dinosaurs and from early therapsids, which were both traditionally called reptiles. citation Birds are more closely related to crocodilians than the latter are to the rest of extant reptiles.

They are superficially similar to reptiles but, along with mammals and birds, reptiles are amniotes and do not require water bodies in which to breed.

About 200 million years ago reptiles invaded the state, but experts think it was nothing like the takeover the tourists execute each summer in modern times.

According to the National Audubon Society “Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians,” garter snakes living in northern regions hibernate in community dens, often under large rocks or inside mammal burrows.

A Wisconsin woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for her role in the fatal shooting of her 18-year-old son during a dispute with a man over stolen reptiles.

Both domestic and feral cats are a significant threat to the survival of many native species including about 80 endangered and threatened small mammals, birds, and reptiles.

But where do the reptiles actually go, and do they hibernate?

Council's Project Team also fostered innovation through the creation of habitats for microbats, birds, bees, and reptiles in an urban context, using reclaimed construction and demolition materials collected from the site.

Freaky Friends with Freya and Northern Scales Reptiles (NSR) – a Marquette pet store – came to Northern to present in Weston Hall.

From here, spot endangered birds, reptiles and other animals which have made this protected area home.

In real life, Ross Kananga owned a Jamaican crocodile compound, and it was he who, as Bond's stunt double, escaped across a croc-infested lake by using several of the reptiles as stepping stones.

It described how the trade in pet reptiles in South Africa is large and one of the major pathways through which invasive species are introduced into the country.

It will have a wide variety of aqua marine species, including reptiles.

Just two other vertebrate groups have achieved powered flight - the flying reptiles called pterosaurs and birds, both appearing way before bats.

Kohei Kimura, the owner of Funny Creatures Forest, which displays mainly reptiles but also insects in Kyoto, Japan, on March 13, 2023.