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

family Iguania, family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae - New World 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 Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria

family Varanidae, Varanidae - monitor lizards