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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Squamata</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Sauria</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Serpentes</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Iguania</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Reptilia</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Lepidosauria</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>squamate</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>squamates</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Order of reptiles distinguished by the horny scales or shields on the skin, either egg-laying or with live births, having movable quadrate bones making it possible to move the upper jaw relative to the braincase, and a male hemipenis, which is unique among vertebrates. Dating from the Upper Jurassic to present, represented by approximately 7,900 living species of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenid "worm-lizards."  ]]></note></mads>