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Testudinidae
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Galapagos turtle
cryptodira |
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Trionychidae
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Soft-Shelled Turtle
cryptodira |
Trionychidae
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Cheloniidae
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Green Sea Turtle
cryptodira |
Cheloniidae
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Dermochelyidae
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Leatherback
cryptodira |
Dermochelyidae
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Chelydridae
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Snapping Turtle
cryptodire |
Chelydridae
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Chelidae
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Matamata
pleurodira |
Chelidae
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Sauropsida
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Turtles, Tuataras, Lizards, Snakes, Crocodilians, Birds, Extinct Reptiles
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Synapsida
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Mammals
Mammal Like Reptiles |
Synapsida
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Hylidae
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Tree Frogs
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Hylidae
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Dendrobatidae
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Bright Colored Terrestrial Frogs
extremely toxic |
Dendrobatidae
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Proteidae
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Paedomorphic Aquatic
Cave Salamanders with external gills |
Proteidae
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Plethodontidae
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Aquatic or Terrestrial Salamanders
no lungs |
Plethodontidae
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Cryptobranchidae
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Very Large Salamanders
Aquatic Paedomorphic external fertilization |
Cryptobranchidae
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Amphiumidae
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Elongated Salamanders
lacking gills |
Amphiumidae
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Ambystomatidae
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Terrestrial Salamanders with aquatic larvae
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Ambystomatidae
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Ceratophryidae
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Horned Frogs
South America |
Ceratophryidae
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Scaphiopodidae
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Spadefoot Toads
Western North America |
Scaphiopodidae
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Rhinatrematidae
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Terrestrial Caecilians believed to have aquatic larvae
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Rhinatrematidae
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Ichthyophiidae
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Terrestrial Caecilians with aquatic larval stage
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Ichthyophiidae
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Caeciliidae
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Terrestrial and Aquatic Caecilians with both oviparous and viviparous species with no aquatic larval stage
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Caeciliidae
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Permian (300-250mya)
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Oldest amphibian fossils (vertebrae)
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Mesozoic (250-145mya)
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cryptodires and pleurodires found both in the Triassic
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Jurassic (190mya)
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Oldest true frogs, salamanders & caecilians.
Prosalirus Bitus (frog) Arizona 190mya |
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Triassic (220mya)
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Odontochelys Semitestacea, China, preturtle 220mya
Proganochelys Quenstedi, Germany, first turtle 210mya |
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Cretaceous (110mya)
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Santanachelys Gaffneyi, Brazil, earliest known sea turtle 110mya
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