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Justagreewithme t1_iu1sh4u wrote

Reply to comment by Joggingmusic in Connecticut has lizards? by Joggingmusic

That’s why I said reptiles and not lizards.

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Joggingmusic OP t1_iu1zwoe wrote

Are salamanders reptiles?

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forwardinthelight t1_iu26utd wrote

No, they are not. All lizards are reptiles, while amphibians are neither reptiles nor lizards. Here is a super simplified vertebrate evolutionary tree. Note that reptiles are more closely related to mammals than they are to amphibians.

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