how are snakes different from other reptiles

The first difference that can be seen is that lizards have legs and snakes do not have legs. While lizards move on four limbs, a snake moves by undulating its body and also with the help of its ventral scales. ... The snakes, which have no external ears, hear only through vibrations from the ground.

1. What are the major differences between snakes and lizards?
2. What are the four major differences between snakes and lizards?
3. What 2 structures do snakes have that other reptiles do not?
4. Which is a characteristic of reptiles like snakes?
5. What do lizards have that snakes dont?
6. Are lizards and snakes in the same family?
7. What traits do lizards and snakes share?
8. Can a snake eat a lizard?
9. What do lizards and snakes share?
10. Do snakes fart?
11. What organ do snakes not have?
12. What is the hole inside a snake's mouth?

What are the major differences between snakes and lizards?

For example, snakes tend to have relatively longer bodies and shorter tails than their limbless reptilian cousins. Further, serpents don't have eyelids or external ears, while most lizards do. And many "legless" lizards actually have tiny vestigial limbs, while snakes generally sport no external appendages at all.

What are the four major differences between snakes and lizards?

Lizard refers to a reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough, scaly, or spiny skin, while snake refers to a long limbless reptile which has a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Thus, this is the fundamental difference between lizard and snake.

What 2 structures do snakes have that other reptiles do not?

Most reptiles have four legs. Snakes, however, do not have legs. They also lack a pectoral girdle (shoulder bones) and — with the exception of the boids, which retain a vestigial pelvis and external spurs — they also lack a pelvic girdle (rear leg support).

Which is a characteristic of reptiles like snakes?

All reptiles have backbones, lay hard or leathery-shelled eggs, have scales or scutes, and they are all ectothermic. We usually think of snakes as reptiles, which they are, but there are more reptiles than just snakes.

What do lizards have that snakes dont?

Snakes don't have eyelids but instead protect their eyes with see-through membranes. Legless lizards also have tiny ear holes on either side of the head, while snakes lack external ears.

Are lizards and snakes in the same family?

Snakes and lizards are grouped together because they share a significant number of physical, reproductive and metabolic characteristics. Snakes, in fact, are considered descendants of lizards.

What traits do lizards and snakes share?

How Are Lizards & Snakes Alike?

• Reproductive and Sensory Organs. Many squamates, including both lizards and snakes, have a Jacobson's organ on the roofs of their mouths. ...
• Skeletal Structure. All squamates are vertebrates, and despite their relative flexibility both lizards and snakes have backbones. ...
• Skin. ...
• Thermoregulation.

Can a snake eat a lizard?

Snakes eat frogs, lizards and even other snakes. Some, such as the Orange-naped Snake below, specialise in feeding on skinks. Newly-hatched snakes of various species may fall prey to Blue-tongue Lizards, but as the snakes grow the reverse is usually true.

What do lizards and snakes share?

Despite a few derived traits that only snakes have, they share many characteristics with some lizards. Both groups feature ectothermic metabolisms and most reproduce in similar manners. They share other behavioral adaptations.

Do snakes fart?

And Rabaiotti did find that fart answer for her brother: yes, snakes fart, too. Sonoran Coral Snakes that live across the Southwestern United States and Mexico use their farts as a defense mechanism, sucking air into their "butt" (it's actually called a cloaca) and then pushing it back out to keep predators away.

What organ do snakes not have?

Sense Organs

They do not have moveable eyelids, but transparent caps called "brille" as protective eye coverings. Because of this, their eye movement is fairly limited. They also do not have an external ear, middle ear, or tympanic membrane (eardrum).

What is the hole inside a snake's mouth?

The glottis is the opening in the bottom of a snake's mouth that is kept closed except when inhaling. It is connected to the trachea, or windpipe, which lets the air that is inhaled fill its lungs.