From what I remember from reading about reptiles when I was a kid, there were 16 orders of reptiles at one time. 4 of them have living members—(1) the order that includes crocodiles and alligators, (2) the order that includes turtles, (3) the order that includes snakes and lizards, (4) the order whose sole survivor is the tuatara.
> From what I remember from reading about reptiles when I was a kid, there were 16 orders of reptiles at one time. 4 of them have living members—(1) the order that includes crocodiles and alligators, (2) the order that includes turtles, (3) the order that includes snakes and lizards, (4) the order whose sole survivor is the tuatara.
Your memory serves you very well! Tuatara are absolutely unique: although they LOOK like lizards, they aren’t.
They are one of the coolest animals on this planet, in my opinion. The Kiwi and the Kea are another two: both found only in New Zealand.