Squamata

See also:squamata

Translingual

Amphisbaena mertensii

Etymology

FromLatinsquamatus(“scaly, having scales”),fromsquama(“scale”).

Proper noun

Squamata

1. Scaledreptiles;lizardsandsnakes.
   1. A taxonomicorderwithin thesuperorderLepidosauria.
   2. A taxonomicsubclasswithin theclassReptilia.

Hypernyms

• (subclass):Eukaryota– superkingdom;Animalia– kingdom;Bilateria– subkingdom;Deuterostomia– infrakingdom;Chordata– phylum;Vertebrata– subphylum;Gnathostomata– infraphylum;Tetrapoda– superclass;Reptilia– class

Hyponyms

• (order):Amphisbaenia,Autarchoglossa(obsolete),Sauria,Serpentes(suborders)
  • Acrochordidae,Agamidae,Amphisbaenidae,Anguidae,Aniliidae,Anniellidae,Anomalepididae,Anomochilidae,Atractaspididae,Bipedidae,Blanidae,Boidae,Bolyeriidae,Cadeidae,Carphodactylidae,Chamaeleonidae,Colubridae,Cordylidae,Corytophanidae,Crotaphytidae,Cylindrophiidae,Dactyloidae,Dibamidae,Diplodactylidae,Elapidae,Eublepharidae,Gekkonidae,Gerrhosauridae,Gerrohopilidae,Gymnophthalmidae,Helodermatidae,Homalopsidae,Hoplocercidae,Iguanidae,Lacertidae,Lamprophilidae,Lanthanotidae,Leiocephalidae,Leiosauridae,Leptotyphlopidae,Liolaemidae,Loxocemidae,Opluridae,Pareatidae,Phrynosomatidae,Phyllodactylidae,Polychrotidae,Pygopodidae,Pythonidae,Rhineuridae,Scincidae,Shinisauridae,Sphaerodactylidae,Teiidae,Trogonophiidae,Tropidophiidae,Tropiduridae,Typhlopidae,Uropeltidae,Varanidae,Viperidae,Xantusiidae,Xenodermatidae,Xenopeltidae,Xenophilidae,Xenosauridae,Xenotyphlopiidae– families
• (subclass):Anguimorpha,Gekkota,Iguania,Lacertoidea,Scincoidea,Serpentes– orders

Descendants

• →Russian:чешу́йчатые(češújčatyje)(semantic loan)

References

• Squamataon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Squamataon Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Squamataon Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons