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infraorder) of the reptile order squamata composed of peculiar, usually small and legless animals , known as worm lizards. extant (living) reptiles (class reptilia) are generally placed into four orders: testudines (turtles), rhynchocephalia (tuatara), crocodilia (crocodilians) and squamata (lizards, snakes
, and worm lizards). thus, worm lizards are distantly related to lizards and snakes , in spite of their resemblance to worms (due to their pink color and scales arranged in rings). although reptiles are tetrapods, meaning they are "four-legged" vertebrates , and worm lizards are usually legless, they...
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