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Toxicofera (Gr**** for "those who bear toxins") is a
proposed clade of
scaled reptiles (squamates) that
includes the
Serpentes (snakes),
Anguimorpha (monitor...
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Iguanians are now
united with
snakes and
anguimorphs in a
clade called Toxicofera.
Genetic data also
suggest that the
various limbless groups – snakes,...
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along with
iguanians and snakes,
constitute the
proposed "venom clade"
Toxicofera of all
venomous reptiles. The
oldest widely accepted member of Anguimorpha...
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lizards and snakes, some 200
million years ago (forming a
single clade, the
Toxicofera). However, most of
these ****tive
venom genes were "housekeeping genes"...
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tissue of the target.
Evidence has
recently been
presented for the
Toxicofera hypothesis, that
venom was
present (in
small amounts) in the ancestors...
- T. N. (2012). "The
structural and
functional diversification of the
Toxicofera reptile venom system" (PDF). Toxicon. 60 (4): 434–448. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon...
- tooth.
While all
monitor lizards are now
placed in a
clade called the
Toxicofera which are
known to
possess venom gland,
there are no
reports of the effects...
- salvadorii), a
monitor lizard often ****erted to be the
longest extant lizard Toxicofera, a
hypothetical clade encomp****ing all
venomous reptiles,
including the...
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venom originated just once
among a ****tive
clade of reptiles,
called Toxicofera,
approximately 170
million years ago.
Under this hypothesis, the original...
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common ancestor of
modern snakes and the
other reptiles of the
clade Toxicofera, many of
which have
fully functional front and hind limbs. Due to the...
