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.
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).
Cladogram showing relationships of extant members of the Sauria. Numbered items are:
This is a list of the extant Lacertilia families. Larcertilia is the suborder of reptiles commonly known as lizards.
Suborder Lacertilia (Sauria) - (Lizards)
"Lacertilla", from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904
