One Planet News: Jaw dropping - the evolution of jaw shapes in lizards and snakes

New research highlights complex factors in lizards and snakes evolutionary process

By Annette J Beveridge

A new study shines a spotlight on the complex factors affecting the evolution of lizards and snakes jaw shapes.

Lizards and snakes form the most diverse group of land vertebrates with almost 12,000 species and since their origins has diversified into a myriad of sizes and body plans.

These changes can be seen in the disparity of cr…