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The human Murphy did a lot of work early in his career on Komodo dragons and later published a book on reptile play behavior, using observations from the National Zoo’s Komodo dragons.

With the “massive smell of reptile” in there they may steer clear, he says.

For decades, the invasive reptiles have slithered up trees to feast upon the forest birds of Guam.

The next year, while conducting reptile and amphibian surveys in roughly the same region, Fulgence found three more of the spiders hiding in similar leaf retreats.

The reptiles weren’t hurt, just so cold that they couldn’t move and lost their grip.

The new film ignored all previous sequels and put the giant reptile at the center of a cold war nuclear standoff.

Even reptile experts are puzzled, Christine Pelisek reports.

A reptile hatching from an egg must not cry out for its mother, or else it will be readily detected by predators and eaten.

In 1915 Thorpe started also playing and coaching the “reptile sport” of professional football in Canton, Ohio.

Pedestrians would take turtles for walks and let the reptile set the pace.

While searching the field Lawrence noticed some white object crawling along like a large reptile.

If you value your life, and that of your mother and her husband, avoid him as you would some venomous reptile.

It is much more distinguished and honorable to be a reptile than a dog, dont you think, Soldier?

The reptile only seemed to await a motion on Clifford's part to strike like a flash of lightning.

He left the guards at the fringes of his engineers' forest and rode the eight-legged reptile recklessly among the huge trunks.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reptile, such as: cheater, coward, cur, dastard, heel, and informer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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