autarchoglossanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

autarchoglossan (複数形 autarchoglossans)

1. A squamate of the clade Autarchoglossa.
   • 1987, Arthur Rosenfeld, Exotic Pets, page 84:

     Scientists have made our work a bit easier by dividing living lizards into two major groups: the ascalabotans and the autarchoglossans.

   • 2008, Laurie J. Vitt, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles:

     Assemblages in mainland habitats that consist of species in different families and other higher order clades (e.g., those containing iguanians, gekkotans, かつ autarchoglossans) are much more complex.

   • 2006, Eric R. Pianka, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 46:

     Autarchoglossan families, if anything, have shifted away from ants (at least adult ants) and tend, with one exception, to eat fairly large prey.