Phylogeny and diversity of Squamates

number of species

133.7 346 turtles (Note 9)

264.5 Gallus gallus
106.2
Dromaius novaehollandiae
3 239.0
Crocodylus porosus
33.0
Alligator mississippiensis
1 299.8 1 Sphenodon punctatus
23 Dibamidae
30 Carphodactylidae
72.4
46 Pygopodidae
76.1
Gekkota 141 Diplodactylidae
2 277.6 4 137.4
36 Eublepharidae
133.5 217 Sphaerodactylidae

Squamata 119.5
110.3
130
1078
Phyllodactylidae
Gekkonidae
Xantusiidae 1 Cricosaurinae
205.1 98.3 14 Xantusiinae
53.0
19 Lepidophyminae
5 157.1 Gerrhosauridae 18 Gerrhosaurinae
59.7
19 Zonosaurinae
Scincoidea 87.1 Cordylidae 16 Platysaurinae
170.9 59.7 Platysaurus pungweensis
43.4
52 Cordylinae
26 Acontiinae (7)
202.1 Scincidae
13 97.3 Scincinae1

1602 skinks
Scincinae2
84.2
82.3 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus
72.0
Lygosominae1
75.3
Lygosominae2
Teiidae 10 Tupinambinae
85.1
140 Teiinae
94.0
6 22 Alopoglossidae (1)
Lacertoidea

89.4 Ecpleopinae (2)

Gymnophthalmidae 76.3
166 Cercosaurinae
79.4
Bachiinae (3)
74.7 1 Rhachisaurinae
64.9
179.6 38 Gymnophthalminae
196.9 Rhineuridae
1
146.6 3 Bipedidae
91.0 2 Cadeidae
75.0
7 Blanidae
87.0
7 153.8 6 Trogonophiidae
80.5
176 Amphisbaenidae
Lacertidae 14 Gallotiinae
85.1
3 Lacertinae
99.6
2 Helodermatidae
12 10 Xenosauridae
10 94.4 51 Diploglossidae (4)
68.1 6 Anniellidae
Anguimorpha
114.1 61.0 20 Anguinae
43.3
Anguidae 56 Gerrhonotinae
1 Shinisauridae
188.3 9 104.5 1 Lanthanotidae
64.4
79 Varanidae
182.0 Chamaeleonidae 32 Brookesiinae
62.0
Acrodonta 171 Chamaeleoninae
126.1
18 Uromastycinae
119.8
9 Leiolepidinae
Agamidae 3 Hydrosaurinae
116.2 95.8
109 Amphibolurinae
11 168.2 105.6
Iguania 127 Agaminae
100.7
210 Draconinae
29 Leiocephalidae
Pleurodonta 41 Iguanidae
91.3 19 Hoplocercidae
81.8
87.2
9 Corytophanidae
76.5
12 Crotaphytidae
184.6 132 Tropiduridae
85.7
8 Opluridae
71.3 Leiosauridae 15 Enyaliinae
84.7 34.3
80.1 18 Leiosaurinae
296 Liolaemidae
82.7
13 Phrynosomatidae
81.4
7 Polychrotidae
78.1
414 Dactyloidae
126 Leptotyphlopidae
122.7 18 Gerrhopilidae
89.0
1 Xenotyphlopidae
85.4
266 Typhlopidae
Serpentes 18 Anomalepididae
128.1 1 Aniliidae
79.8
34 Tropidophiidae
14 Cylindrophis ruffus
124.7 29.2
Cylindrophis maculatus
24.7
44.4 3 Anomochilidae
55 Uropeltidae
2 Xenopeltidae
8 67.7
52.4
92.7 1 Loxocemidae
33.4
Notes 62.9
48.5
40
2
Pythonidae
Xenophidiidae
2 Bolyeriidae
Tree from Y. Zheng & J.J. Wiens (2016) 60.4
45.4
1
4
Calabariidae
Sanziniinae
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94 : 537–547
87.5 44.1
Boidae 3 Ungaliophiinae
41.3
5 Candoiinae
with the following modifications: 40.4
39.6
12 Erycinae
31 Boinae
3 Acrochordidae
(1) Teiidae, Gymnophthalmidae after Goicoechea et al. (2016) 18 Xenodermidae (5)
80.6 20 Pareidae (6)
Cladistics, doi: 10.1111/cla.12150 75.2
Viperidae 42.8
99 Viperinae
2 Azemiopinae
(e.g. Alopoglossinae in Zheng & Wiens [ZW]), but also 64.2
37.2
236 Crotalinae
53 Homalopsidae
(2) Ecpleopinae included in Cercosaurinae 61.4 45.4
16 Prosymninae
(3) Bachiinae included in Cercosaurinae 46.8
36.1
52
23
Psammophiinae
Atractaspidinae
(4) Diploglossinae in ZW 44.5
46
2
Aparallactinae
Pseudaspidinae
54.8 47.9 43.5
(5) Xenodermatidae in ZW Lamprophiidae
42.3
72
83
Lamprophiinae
Pseudoxyrhophiinae
(6) Pareatidae in ZW 46.7
Micrelaps bicoloratus
Oxyrhabdium leporinum
(7) Acontiinae included in skink count 53.0
44.2
361 Elapidae
11 Sibynophiinae
(8) 1853 species in Colubridae, including 730 Colubrinae. 47.1
42.1
4 Grayiinae
Colubrinae1 (8)
(9) Species numbers from http://www.reptile-database.org, April 2016 48.7
44.9 730
Colubrinae2
Colubridae 88 Calamariinae
43.4
10 Pseudoxenodontinae
Update: see changed position of Anomalepidae in Miralles et al. 2018 47.1
230 Natricinae
47.7
764 Dipsadinae

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million years ago