2006-12-30 23:14:44 · 17 answers · asked by andrew m 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
i would assumne lizards but there really is no way to be sure now is there. I don't think snakes evolved from lizards and I am sure lizards didn't evolve from snakes.
2006-12-31 09:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by jason c 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The snake came first. There is still evidence of hind leg bones in snakes, especially Large female boas. Evolution goes down from snakes to legless lizards, who develop ears and dropable tails. Down to the growth of legs and whatnot. You can also see many of the same traits in lizards and snakes such as the Jacobson organ. Which allows the lizards and snakes to "smell" with their tounge. They flick their tounge out and stick into an organ located at the top front of the mouth to identify things. Just another point of how snakes and lizards are connected. Hope that all helped
2006-12-31 11:28:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lizards came first .. the lizard lost it's legs do to evolution.. they didn't need them anymore there is also a in between lizard ... it still consider a lizard do to it still has ear hole and eye lids which snake also loss... but does not have legs ..moves just like a snake the legless lizard found in the Old and New Worlds, ranging in areas of Indonesia, southern Asia, the Near East, southeastern Europe, North Africa, and North America. The European and American legless lizards are in the family Anguidae, Anniellidae, and Xenosauridae; the Australasian ones in the family Pygopodidae.
http://www.anapsid.org/legless.html
2006-12-31 10:08:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They Have a theory of saying lizards came first. When the became trapped under a tree stump or rock, theyre legs were usless and they disapeared, and all they had left was a head and tail AKA the snake.
2006-12-31 14:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by JEF 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Snakes.
2007-01-02 20:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by Jesse E 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
snakes came first, as they originated in the water. See the link
2007-01-03 10:15:22 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The snake came first. He then grew legs and became a lizard (evolution).
2006-12-31 07:16:13 · answer #7 · answered by JOURNEY 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Apparently dolphins use to be land creatures, a bit dog like! So you never know....and neither do I about snakes or lizards
2006-12-31 11:03:39 · answer #8 · answered by Talia W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lizard, snakes evolved from lizards and they still have tiny (useless) leg bones
2006-12-31 07:20:34 · answer #9 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Lizards because the dinosaures!! They graduly lost there legs!! X
2006-12-31 09:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋