The American pipe snake (Anilius scytale) is harmless but is frequently mistaken for dangerously venomous coral snakes. This species is a specialized predator of elongated vertebrates, such as snakes, legless lizards, and legless amphibians (caecilians). Credit: Dan Rabosky, University of Michigan ...
How are amphibians different from all other classes of vertebrates? How did birds, reptiles, and amphibians survive the Ice Age? Are amphibians different from reptiles? Can amphibians lay eggs on land? How are caecilians different from other amphibians? Are amphibians born alive or in eggs? When...
Tetrapods include all thoseanimals with four limbs. Humans are tetrapods, as are dogs and dinosaurs and salamanders. Is snake a tetrapod? Reptiles aretetrapods. Limbless reptiles—snakes and other squamates—have vestigial limbs and, like caecilians, are classified as tetrapods because they are de...