8 Differences between Lizards and Snakes

Difference between Lizards and Snakes are given below:

Lizards:

1. Body with uniform scales.

2. Eye lid moveable and nictitating membrane.

3. Ear openings present.

4. Tongue is not bifid.

5. Two pairs of limb present except limbless lizard.

6. One temporal fossae disappears in skull.

7. Sternum present.

8. Urinary bladder absent.

Snakes:

1. Scales are differentiated into shields and plates.

2. Eye lids absent.

3. Ear openings absent.

4. Tongue bifid and protrusible.

5. Limb less.

6. Both temporal fossae disappear in skull.

7. Sternum absent.

8. Urinary bladder absent.