Squamates can live in many habitats, from the dry conditions in the desert to the wet and warm rainforest's. Many of them, including numerous lizards and snakes, live above ground on land. Some, such as the wormlizards, are fossorial (foss-OR-ee-ul), which means that they remain underground most of the time. Others, including many snakes, are arboreal (ar-BOR-ee-ul), which means that they often live above the ground among tree branches. Some, like the water snakes, rarely leave their freshwater streams or ponds, while the sea kraits are snakes that spend their lives in salt water.
Snakes belong to the order Squamata.
Squamata. All snakes are in order Squamata.
Squamata is the scientific name for snakes and lizards.
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Snakes are members of the Order Squamata, which also includes lizards. They are elongated, legless reptiles with flexible bodies and jaws that allow them to swallow prey whole. Snakes play important roles in ecosystems as both predators and prey.
Examples of squamata include snakes, lizards, and amphisbaenians (worm lizards). These reptiles are characterized by their overlapping scales and the presence of a movable quadrate bone that allows them to open their jaws wide to swallow prey.
They belong to the order 'Squamata'