It has just four teeth on either side of its jaw." The newly described species would probably have looked similar to modern horned lizards, with bony spikes on its head and potentially some bony ...

Amphisbaenians are worm-like reptiles with skin like a lizard and a head like a snake. Getty Images Researchers found the right side of the 50-million-year-old amphisbaenian’s upper jaw and the ...

A groundbreaking University of Bristol study has shed light on how lizards and snakes -the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species - have evolved remarkably varied jaw ...

A University of Bristol study has shed light on how lizards and snakes—the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly ...

pointed scales also protrude from the sides of the jaw and back. Base color is tan, orange-brown, or reddish brown and typically matches the sand on which the lizard lives; the back is marked with ...

A groundbreaking study has shed light on how lizards and snakes -- the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species -- have evolved remarkably varied jaw shapes, driving their ...

“Our study shows how lizards and snakes evolved their disparate jaw shapes which adapted to their wide range of ecologies, diets, and habitats, driving their extraordinary diversity.” This work ...