In lizards and snakes, the oviducts function in fertilization, sperm storage, egg transport,
eggshell deposition, maintenance of the early embryo, and expulsion of the egg or fetus. In …

The problem of the origin of snakes has been a central issue in herpetology ever since the
innovative work of Cope (1869). Although the riddle appears to be rather easily solved if …

Genomics is narrowing uncertainty in the phylogenetic structure for many amniote groups.
For one of the most diverse and species-rich groups, the squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes …

We assembled a dataset of 192 carefully selected species—51 extinct and 141 extant—and
976 apomorphies distributed among 610 phenotypic characters to investigate the phylogeny …

Abstract Squamata (amphisbaenians,“lizards”, mosasaurs, and snakes) is an extremely
diverse clade with a rich fossil record. There is little consensus about the interrelationships …

The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara Page 1 1 The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara SuSan E. EvanS
ConTenTS I. Introduction 1 A. Definitions and Scope 1 B. Previous Literature on the …

Data on 80 amphibian and reptile taxa native to the State of California were reviewed. All
taxa potentially candidates for State or Federal “Threatened” or “Endangered” species listing …

Squamate reptiles (snakes, lizards, and amphisbaenians) serve as model systems for
evolutionary studies of a variety of morphological and behavioral traits, and phylogeny is …

Frontispiece: Aerial photograph of badlands at the south end of Polecat Bench. Red beds in
the right half of the photograph are University of Michigan locality SC-67, yielding most …

A survey of 35 species indicates that monitor lizards (Varanus) typically hunt over large
areas, search in particular microhabitats, and feed frequently on a wide variety of prey, many …