lizards
Cladogram showing relationships of extant members of the Sauria. Numbered items are:
1. Tuatara
2. Lizards
3. Snakes
4. Crocodiles
5. Birds
"Lizards" are paraphyletic. Branch lengths do not indicate divergence times.
This is a list of the extant Lacertilia families. Larcertilia is the suborder of reptiles commonly known as lizards.
Suborder Lacertilia (Sauria) - (Lizards)
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"Lacertilla", from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904
Fossil range: Jurassic - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia, Günther, 1867
Lizards are reptiles of the order Squamata, which they share with the snakes (Ophidians). They are usually four-legged, with external ear openings and movable eyelids. Species range in adult length from a few centimeters (some Caribbean geckos) to nearly three meters (Komodo dragons).
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