Some think they are native. Others think they are imports. Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataFamily: VaranidaeGenus: VaranusSpecies: salvator Where in HK?Very rare – reservoirs, rivers, Mai Po marshes Size: 1.5 – 3.2 m /… ...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Squamata Source: ITIS Lizards have been around for hundreds of millions of years and lived through multiple mass extinction events, including the asteroid strike that caused the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs 66 million years ago (though ...
This situation has caused many systematists (i.e., the biologists who study the relationships of organisms and their classifications) to abandon the formal titles (such as phylum, class, and order) and present their classifications as indented hierarchical lists or tables. Aside from the ...