squamate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of squamate
From the Late Latin word squāmātus, dating back to 1820–30. See squama, -ate 1
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A 2025 Nature study added even more context by describing a Middle Jurassic squamate from Scotland with a striking mix of lizard-like and snake-like traits.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
The authors found that early squamate evolution involved a great deal of anatomical experimentation and convergent evolution, which helps explain why the earliest snake story has been so difficult to untangle from fossils alone.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
They said Cryptovaranoides was clearly a squamate because it differed from the Rhynchocephalia in several key areas, including the braincase, in the neck vertebrae and in the shoulder area.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022
Trogonophidan amphisbaenians eat surface-dwelling squamate prey; trogonophidans take to eating other trogonophidans.
From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013
As is typical for such scenes, insectivorous gekkotans, snakes and other squamates are in close association: they take advantage of the ticks and other parasites that flee the body of the prey squamate.
From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013
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