Lizards
From geckos that walk on glass to the Komodo dragon: the lizards.
8,003 species live on this branch.
Where Lizards sits on the tree
FamilyAgamidae616 species
FamilyAlopoglossidae32 species
FamilyAmphisbaenidae185 species
FamilyAnguidae90 species
FamilyAnolidae428 species
FamilyBipedidae3 species
FamilyBlanidae7 species
FamilyCadeidae2 species
FamilyCarphodactylidae34 species
FamilyChamaeleonidae240 species
FamilyCordylidae70 species
FamilyCorytophanidae11 species
FamilyCrotaphytidae12 species
FamilyDibamidae31 species
FamilyDiplodactylidae202 species
FamilyDiploglossidae90 species
FamilyEublepharidae47 species
FamilyGekkonidae1,750 species
FamilyGerrhosauridae39 species
FamilyGymnophthalmidae302 species
FamilyHelodermatidae5 species
FamilyHoplocercidae22 species
FamilyIguanidae45 species
FamilyLacertidae391 species
FamilyLanthanotidae1 species
FamilyLeiocephalidae30 species
FamilyLeiosauridae38 species
FamilyLiolaemidae343 species
FamilyOpluridae8 species
FamilyPhrynosomatidae170 species
FamilyPhyllodactylidae169 species
FamilyPolychrotidae8 species
FamilyPygopodidae50 species
FamilyRhineuridae1 species
FamilyScincidae1,817 species
FamilyShinisauridae1 species
FamilySphaerodactylidae239 species
FamilyTeiidae173 species
FamilyTrogonophidae6 species
FamilyTropiduridae150 species
FamilyVaranidae93 species
FamilyXantusiidae38 species
FamilyXenosauridae14 species
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Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.