- morunasaurs: wood lizards,
clubtails Informal grouping oplurines:
Madagascan iguanids Informal grouping sceloporines: earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and...
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Dactyloidae are a
family of
lizards commonly known as
anoles (US: /əˈnoʊ.liz/ ) and
native to
warmer parts of the Americas,
ranging from
southeastern United...
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isolated Old
World iguanids became extinct through competition with
other lizard groups (e.g., agamids). In contrast,
western Pacific iguanids are
nested deeply...
- Ankarafantsika. Previously, due to
their physical isolation from all
other iguanids, it was
thought that
oplurids had very ancient/basal origins; a
study of...
- PMID 11038588.
Okajima Y,
Kumazawa Y (2009). "Mitogenomic
perspectives into
iguanid phylogeny and biogeography:
Gondwanan vicariance for the
origin of Madagascan...
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gaping jaws. Some groups,
particularly geckos, snake-lizards, and some
iguanids, can
produce more
complex sounds and
vocal apparatuses have independently...
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species and
includes Serpentes (snakes),
Iguania (agamids, chameleons,
iguanids, etc.), and
Anguimorpha (monitor lizards, Gila monster, gl**** lizards,...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 196
species Endangered (EN): 382
species Vulnerable (VU): 411
species Near threatened...
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chuckwallas are all
placed within the
genus Sauromalus; they are part of the
iguanid family, Iguanidae. The
generic name, Sauromalus, is said to be a combination...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 196
species Endangered (EN): 382
species Vulnerable (VU): 411
species Near threatened...
