I have always though reptiles and birds both came from Dinosaurs but apparently that is WRONG. Only birds come from come dinosaurs. But they did have a common ancestor before dinosaurs! This explained on this site (note the ABC in the URL is not related to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and summarised in this image:
Enough with the taxonomy already. After recently hearing of a Red-bellied Black Snake swimming in the ocean today I watched one swimming in one of the ponds at the Mallacoota Wastewater Treatment Plant (aka the poo pits).
A crop from the previous image. Note the forked tongue.
After a few minutes it swam away from the bank and diappeared in murky water about 1 m deep.
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