In lepidosaurians, similar to lizards and snakes, the whole skin is covered in overlapping epidermal scales. Such scales had been as soon as thought to be typical of the category Reptilia as a whole, but are now known to occur solely in lepidosaurians. The scales found in turtles and crocodiles are of dermal, quite than epidermal, origin and are properly termed scutes. In turtles, the body is hidden inside a hard shell composed of fused scutes.
List Of Reptiles
