From the left: Heads of the Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and an American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus).
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).
This is a list of the extant Lacertilia families. Larcertilia is the suborder of reptiles commonly known as lizards.
"Lacertilla", from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904
Rautiania
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