Which reptile lacks limbs?

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(A) Reptiles are generally tetrapods (having four limbs). However,snakes (order $Squamata$) have evolved to lose their limbs as an adaptation for thei

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(A) Reptiles are generally tetrapods (having four limbs). However,snakes (order $Squamata$) have evolved to lose their limbs as an adaptation for their burrowing or slithering mode of locomotion. Therefore,snakes are the reptiles that lack limbs.

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