Question

Typhlops is a
(a)True snake
(b)False snake
(c)True worm
(d)Shark

Answer 1

Hint: These were the first class of organisms to adapt to life on land. They are believed to have evolved from the amphibians millions of years ago. They are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles. They belong to the phylum Reptilia.

Complete answer:
Typhlops is a genus of blind snake found in Europe, Africa and Central and South America but there is an exception for New Zealand. It looks like an earthworm and it is a small burrowing non-poisonous snake. It is a true snake.

Additional Information: Few Characteristics of Reptilians are the following:
-They are cold-blooded animals found in most of the hotter regions of the planet.
-Their skin is dry, and rough, with no glands.
-The body is split into head, neck, trunk, and tail.
-Few of those shed the scales on their skin as skin cast.
-The respiration takes place with the help of the lungs.
-They are oviparous and therefore the eggs are very yolky.
-The nervous system comprises 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
-The lateral line organ system is absent in reptiles.

Examples include Snakes, Turtles, Lizards, Crocodiles etc.

So, the correct answer is, “True snakes.”

Note: Because some reptiles are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles as they share common characters with the birds. The reptiles and the aves belong to the vertebrates. Archaeopteryx forms a connecting link between reptiles and birds as it possesses characteristics of both birds and reptiles in common.
Many extinct species had biological characteristics of two or more biological species during evolution. Such types of species are connecting links.
Similarly, Seymouria is also an extinct species which also has a role as a connecting link between amphibians and reptiles. As Seymouria's head structure was similar to amphibians but the body structure was similar to reptiles and so it has both the characters of amphibians and reptiles.