Scale rot refers to reptile-specific diseases that cause blistering, peeling, lifting of scales, and other painful symptoms that affect your pet’s quality of life. It may also refer to a cluster ...

The Eastern Collared Lizard is known for the two black bands around its neck, resembling a collar. The rest of its body is ...

Cornified scales of reptiles increased their capacity to live in terrestrial environments. The stratum corneum is very thin, with little keratin. Skin is used for gas exchange. Thick keratin layer ...

Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates covered in special skin made up of scales, bony plates, or a combination of both. They include crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tor- toises.

Our research takes place on a South Florida island roughly the size of an American football field – assuming we’re successful in sidestepping the American crocodiles that bask in the surrounding lake.

Adders will hunt small mammals, birds, lizards, and amphibians. Scales – Scales are hard overlapping plates which cover an animal's body. Most reptiles have scales. Tuatara – A rare reptile ...

What are amphibians and reptiles? Amphibians are frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Most amphibians have complex life cycles with time on land and in the water. Their skin must stay moist to absorb ...

DESCRIPTION: This lizard is small — roughly 3.4 inches from snout to vent — and very flat and wide with a long, broad tail and a dark stripe running down the middle of the back. Six long, horn-like ...

Some lizards have very tough semicalcified scales along the ventrum and tail, which inhibit the insertion of a needle at this site. Whether the approach is ventral or lateral, the needle should be ...