Sauria
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Noun | 1. | ![]() animal order - the order of animals order Squamata, Squamata - diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards saurian - any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs family Gekkonidae, Gekkonidae - geckos family Pygopodidae, Pygopodidae - Australian and Tasmanian lizards Amphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae - worm lizards family Xantusiidae, Xantusiidae - night lizards family Scincidae, Scincidae - skinks Cordylidae, family Cordylidae - small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards family Teiidae, Teiidae - whiptails; etc. Agamidae, family Agamidae - an Old World reptile family of Sauria Anguidae, family Anguidae - alligator lizards family Xenosauridae, Xenosauridae - monotypic family of Mexican lizards Anniellidae, family Anniellidae - legless lizards family Lanthanotidae, Lanthanotidae - stout-bodied lizards family Helodermatidae, Helodermatidae - only known venomous lizards family Lacertidae, Lacertidae - Old World lizards Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa, Rhiptoglossa - Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria family Varanidae, Varanidae - monitor lizards |
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