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Reptilesaretetrapodanimals in theclassReptilia,comprising today'sturtles,crocodilians,snakes,amphisbaenians,lizards,tuatara,and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptileorders,historically combined with that of modernamphibians,is calledherpetology.
The followinglist of reptileslists thevertebrateclass ofreptilesbyfamily,spanning twosubclasses.Reptilehere is taken in its traditional (paraphyletic) sense, and thusbirdsare not included (although birds are considered reptiles in thecladisticsense).
OrderTestudines–turtles
edit- SuborderCryptodira[1]
- FamilyChelydridae–common snapping turtlesandalligator snapping turtle
- FamilyEmydidae–pond turtlesandbox turtles
- FamilyTestudinidae–tortoises
- FamilyGeoemydidae–Asian river turtlesand allies
- FamilyCarettochelyidae–pignose turtles
- FamilyTrionychidae–softshell turtles
- FamilyDermatemydidae–river turtles
- FamilyKinosternidae–mud turtles
- FamilyCheloniidae–sea turtles
- FamilyDermochelyidae–leatherback turtles
- SuborderPleurodira
SuperorderLepidosauria
editOrderSphenodontia– tuatara
edit- FamilySphenodontidae
- FamilyAgamidae–agamas
- FamilyChamaeleonidae–chameleons
- FamilyIguanidae
- SubfamilyCorytophaninae–casquehead lizard
- SubfamilyIguaninae–iguanas
- SubfamilyLeiocephalinae
- SubfamilyLeiosaurinae
- SubfamilyLiolaeminae
- SubfamilyOplurinae–Madagascar iguanids
- FamilyCrotaphytidae–collaredandleopard lizards
- FamilyPhrynosomatidae–horned lizards
- FamilyPolychrotidae–anoles[2]
- FamilyHoplocercidae–wood lizards
- FamilyTropiduridae–Neotropical ground lizards
- FamilyGekkonidae–geckos
- FamilyPygopodidae–legless lizards
- FamilyDibamidae–blind lizards
- FamilyCordylidae–spinytail lizards
- FamilyGerrhosauridae–plated lizards
- FamilyGymnophthalmidae–spectacled lizards
- FamilyTeiidae–whiptailsandtegus
- FamilyLacertidae–lacertids
- FamilyScincidae–skinks
- FamilyXantusiidae–night lizards
- FamilyAnguidae– glass lizards
- FamilyAnniellidae–American legless lizards
- FamilyXenosauridae–knob-scaled lizards
- FamilyHelodermatidae–Gila monsters
- FamilyLanthanotidae–earless monitor lizards
- FamilyVaranidae–monitor lizards
- SuborderAmphisbaenia
- SuborderSerpentes– snakes
- InfraorderAlethinophidia
- FamilyAcrochordidae– wart snakes
- FamilyAniliidae– false coral snakes
- FamilyAnomochilidae– dwarf pipe snakes
- FamilyAtractaspididae– African burrowing asps, stiletto snakes
- FamilyBoidae– Gray, 1825 – boas, anacondas
- FamilyBolyeriidae– Mauritius snakes
- FamilyColubridae– Colubrids, typical snakes
- SubfamilyXenodermatinae
- SubfamilyHomalopsinae
- SubfamilyBoodontinae
- SubfamilyPseudoxyrhophiinae
- SubfamilyColubrinae
- SubfamilyPsammophiinae
- SubfamilyNatricinae
- SubfamilyPseudoxenodontinae
- SubfamilyDipsadinae
- SubfamilyXenodontinae
- FamilyCylindrophiidae– Asian pipe snakes
- FamilyElapidae– cobras, coral snakes, mambas, sea snakes
- FamilyLoxocemidae– Mexican pythons
- FamilyPythonidae– pythons
- FamilyTropidophiidae– dwarf boas
- FamilyUropeltidae– pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes
- FamilyViperidae– vipers, pitvipers
- SubfamilyAzemiopinae– Fae's viper
- SubfamilyCausinae– night adders
- SubfamilyCrotalinae– pitvipers, rattlesnakes
- SubfamilyViperinae– true vipers
- FamilyXenopeltidae– sunbeam snakes
- InfraorderScolecophidia– blind snakes
- FamilyAnomalepididae– primitive blind snakes
- FamilyLeptotyphlopidae– slender blind snakes, thread snakes
- FamilyTyphlopidae– blind snakes, typical blind snakes
DivisionArchosauria
editSuperorderCrocodylomorpha
OrderCrocodylia–crocodilians
edit- SuborderEusuchia
- FamilyCrocodylidae–crocodiles
- FamilyAlligatoridae–alligators
- FamilyGavialidae–gharials
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abPereira, Anieli G.; Sterli, Juliana; Moreira, Filipe R.R.; Schrago, Carlos G. (August 2017). "Multilocus phylogeny and statistical biogeography clarify the evolutionary history of major lineages of turtles".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.113:59–66.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.008.hdl:11336/41137.
- ^Frost, Darrel R.; Etheridge, Richard; Janies, Daniel; Titus, Tom A. (June 2001)."Total Evidence, Sequence Alignment, Evolution of Polychrotid Lizards, and a Reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania)".American Museum Novitates.3343:1–39.doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)343<0001:TESAEO>2.0.CO;2.