Assertion: tuatara's body | /r/HasProperty | short
Facets:
value: in monotypic
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: (Trogonophiidae is an exception having a body with a triangular cross section), reduced right lung (in snakes it is often the left lung that is reduced or absent), annulated bodies made of rectangular shaped scales that are juxtaposed to each other throughout the length of the organism, limbless in most except for Bipedidae, occasional pelvic “vestiges” in most, autotomous tail that does not regenerate if broken (in monotypic Rhineuridae the tail is short and lacks autotomy), filamentous papillae on tongue that is covered by lingual scales in diagonal rows, outer ears absent, eyes covered with skin and scales, movement is accordion-like, ability to move backwards and forwards, carnivorous, and either oviparous or ovoviviparous (Vitt and Caldwell 2009, pp.