Pygopodidae
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{{Taxobox
| name = Pygopodidae
| image = Pygopus lepidopodus.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Pygopus lepidopodus'',
from [[Brehms Tierleben]], (1892)
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Scleroglossa]]
| infraordo = [[Gekkota]]
| familia = Pygopodidae
}}
'''Pygopodidae''' is the family of legless lizards. They are distinguished from [[Snake| snakes]] by their eyelids that can blink (snakes have no eyelids), external ear holes (snakes have no ears at all, internal or external), and flat, non-forked tongues. Many species also feature vestigial limbs, in the form of scaly flaps.
==Classification==
'''Family Pygopodidae'''
*'''Subfamily [[Pygopodinae]]'''
**Genus [[Paradelma]]
**Genus [[Pygopus]]
**Genus [[Delma]]
*'''Subfamily [[Lialisinae]]'''
**Tribus Lialisini
***Genus [[Lialis]]
**Tribus Aprasiaini
***Subtribus Pletholaxini
****Genus [[Pletholax]]
***Subtribus Aprasiaini
****Genus [[Ophidiocephalus]]
****Genus [[Aprasia]]
==See also==
* [[Limbless vertebrates]]
[[Category:Lizards]]
[[Category:Legless lizards]]
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