List of Lacertilia families 5329976 217924252 2008-06-08T09:53:32Z Berserker79 151876 Eyed lizard => Ocellated lizard {{Taxobox | name = Lizards | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] | ordo = [[Squamata]] | subordo = '''Lacertilia''' | subordo_authority = [[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1867 }} This is a list of the extant [[Lacertilia]] families. Larcertilia is the suborder of reptiles commonly known as lizards. ==Taxonomy== There are five [[infraorder]]s which separate the lizards, these are: [[Diploglossa]], [[Gekkota]], [[Iguania]], [[Platynota]] and [[Scincomorpha]]. This separation is based mainly on morphological similarities between family groups. The Diploglossans and Platynotans are two closely related infraorders which are have very diverse families. Very few generalisations can be placed upon these families morphologically. Many species are limbless, while others have fully formed limbs. It is believed that these lizards are the closest lizard relation to the snakes. The Gekkotans are the second most diverse group of lizards. They can be morphologically distinguished by the absence of [[temporal arch]]es, which allows greater moveability of the head. Most species also have [[cloaca]]l sacs and fixed eyelids. The Iguanians are another diverse group of lizards. All iguanians are fully limbed. Most species ambush their prey, capture it with their tongue and have skin modification, such as crests and fans, used for many different reasons. The Scincomorphans are the most diverse group of lizards, accounting for almost half the speices of lizards. The major distinguishing morphological feature of the Scincomorphs, is the presence of unsocketed teeth on the inner face of the jaw bones. They also lack the skin modifications present in many of the iguanians. This family contains varying degrees of limb reduction, from completely formed limbs to completely absent of limbs. As with most taxonomic classifications, there are many different interpretations of the evolutionary relationships. These include moving of families to different infraorders, merging or splitting of the infraorders and merging and splitting of the families. {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="100%" align="center" {{bgcolor-blue}}|'''Diploglossa''' |- !Family!!Common Names!!Example Species!!Example Photo |- |[[Anguidae]]<br><small>[[Nicolaus Michael Oppel|Oppel]], 1811</small>||Glass lizards||[[Anguis fragilis|Slow Worm]] (''Anguis fragilis'')||[[Image:Anguidae.jpg|100px]] |- |[[Anniellidae]]<br><small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1852</small>||American legless lizards||[[California Legless Lizard]] (''Anniella pulchra'')||[[Image:Anniella pulchra.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Xenosauridae]]<br><small>[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1866</small>||Knob-scaled lizards||[[Chinese crocodile lizard|Chinese Crocodile Lizard]] (''Shinisaurus crocodilurus'')||[[Image:Chin-krokodilschwanzechse-01.jpg|100px]] |- |colspan="100%" align="center" {{bgcolor-blue}}|'''Gekkota''' |- !Family!!Common Names!!Example Species!!Example Photo |- |[[Dibamidae]]<br><small>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1884</small>||Blind lizards||''[[Dibamus nicobaricum]]''|| - |- |[[Gekkonidae]]<br><small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825</small>||Geckos||[[Underwoodisaurus milii|Thick-tailed Gecko]] (''Underwoodisaurus milii'')||[[Image:Underwoodisaurus milii.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Pygopodidae]]<br><small>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1884</small>||Legless lizards||[[Burton's Snake Lizard]] (''Lialis burtonis'')|| - |- |colspan="100%" align="center" {{bgcolor-blue}}|'''Iguania''' |- !Family!!Common Names!!Example Species!!Example Photo |- |[[Agamidae]]<br><small>[[Johann Baptist von Spix|Spix]], 1825</small>||Agamas ||[[Eastern Bearded Dragon]] (''Pogona barbata'')||[[Image:Bearded dragon04.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Chamaeleonidae]]<br><small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825</small>||Chameleons||[[Veiled Chameleon]] (''Chamaeleo calyptratus'')||[[Image:Chamaelio calyptratus.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Corytophanidae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989</small>||Casquehead lizards||[[Plumed basilisk|Plumed Basilisk]] (''Basiliscus plumifrons'')|| [[Image:Plumedbasiliskcele4 edit.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Crotaphytidae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989</small>||Collared and leopard lizards||[[Common Collared Lizard]] (''Crotaphytus collaris'')||[[Image:Collared lizard in Zion National Park.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Hoplocercidae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989</small>||Wood lizards or clubtails||[[Club-tail Iguana]] (''Hoplocercus spinosus'')|| - |- |[[Iguanidae]]||Iguanas||[[Marine Iguana]] (''Amblyrhynchus cristatus'')||[[Image:Marineiguana03.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Leiosauridae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] et al., 2001</small>|| - ||[[Darwin's Iguana]] (''Diplolaemus darwinii'')|| - |- |[[Opluridae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989</small>||Madagascan iguanas ||[[Chalarodon]] (''Chalarodon madagascariensis'')|| - |- |[[Phrynosomatidae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989</small>||Earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards||[[Greater earless lizard|Greater Earless Lizard]] (''Cophosaurus texanus'')||[[Image:Reptile tx usa.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Polychrotidae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989</small>||Anoles||[[Carolina anole|Caronlina Anole]] (''Anolis carolinensis'')|| [[Image:P1010027.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Tropiduridae]]<br><small>[[D.R. Frost|Frost]] & [[R. Etheridge|Etheridge]], 1989||Neotropical ground lizards||(''Microlophus peruvianus'')||[[Image:Mperuvianus.jpg|100px|]] |- |colspan="100%" align="center" {{bgcolor-blue}}|'''Platynota''' |- !Family!!Common Names!!Example Species!!Example Photo |- |[[Helodermatidae]]||Gila monsters||[[Gila monster|Gila Monster]] (''Heloderma suspectum'')||[[Image:Gila.monster.arp.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Lanthanotidae]]||Earless Monitor||[[Lanthanotidae|Earless Monitor]] (''Lanthanotus borneensis'')|| - |- |[[Varanidae]]||Monitors lizards||[[Perentie]] (''Varanus giganteus'')||[[Image:Perentie Lizard Perth Zoo SMC Spet 2005.jpg|100px|]] |- |colspan="100%" align="center" {{bgcolor-blue}}|'''Scincomorpha''' |- !Family!!Common Names!!Example Species!!Example Photo |- |[[Cordylidae]]||Spinytail lizards ||[[Girdle-tailed Lizard]] (''Cordylus warreni'')|| [[Image:Cordylus breyeri1.jpg|100px]] |- |[[Gerrhosauridae]]||Plated lizards||[[Sudan plated lizard|Sudan Plated Lizard]] (''Gerrhosaurus major'')||[[Image:Gerrhosaurus_major.jpg|100px]] |- |[[Gymnophthalmidae]]||Spectacled lizards|| - || - |- |[[Lacertidae]]<br><small>[[Nicolaus Michael Oppel|Oppel]], 1811</small>||Wall or true lizards||[[Ocellated Lizard|Ocellated Lizard]] (''Lacerta lepida'')||[[Image:Perleidechse-20.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Scincidae]]<br><small>[[Nicolaus Michael Oppel|Oppel]], 1811</small>||Skinks||[[Western Blue-tongued Lizard|Western Blue-tongued Skink]] (''Tiliqua occipitalis'')|| [[Image:Tiliqua occipitalis.jpg|100px]] |- |[[Teiidae]]||Tegus or whiptails||[[Blue Tegu]] (''Tupinambis teguixin'')||[[Image:Goldteju Tupinambis teguixin.jpg|100px|]] |- |[[Xantusiidae]]||Night lizards||[[Granite night lizard|Granite Night Lizard]] (''Xantusia henshawi'')||[[Image:Xantusia henshawi.jpg|100px|]] |- |} ==References== * {{cite book|last=Cogger|first=H.G.|coauthors=R.G. Zweifel, and D. Kirschner| year=2004| title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians Second Edition| publisher=Fog City Press| id=ISBN 1-877019-69-0}} * {{cite web| title= Tropiduridae| url=http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Tropiduridae.html| accessdate=2006-05-30}} [[Category:Lizards| ]]