Autarchoglossa
Autarchoglossa is a previously recognized taxonomic suborder of reptiles which includes skinks, snakes and relatives.[1]
The recent proposal of the Toxicofera clade places Iguania within Autarchoglossa, which would may lead to confusion as Autarchoglossa means "free-tongued". To circumvent this, it has been proposed that Autarchoglossa be renamed to Unidentata (single egg-tooth) and be redefined to include Iguania.[2]
The following are families classified under the old definition of Autarchoglossa (excluding Iguania):[3]
- Anguidae Gray, 1825 -- Alligator Lizards, Anguid Lizards, Anguids, Galliwasps, Glass Lizards
- Anniellidae Nopcsa 1928 -- Legless Lizards, North American Legless Lizards
- Cordylidae Mertens, 1937 -- Girdle-tailed Lizards
- Gerrhosauridae
- Gymnophthalmidae Merrem, 1820
- Helodermatidae Gray, 1837 -- Beaded Lizards, Gila Monsters, Venomous Lizards
- Lacertidae Gray, 1825 -- Lacertid Lizards, Old World Runners
- Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877 -- Earless Monitor Lizard, Earless Monitors
- Scincidae Gray, 1825 -- Skinks
- Teiidae Gray, 1827 -- Ameivas, Ground Lizards, New World Runners, Racerunners, Whiptails
- Varanidae Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 --Monitor Lizards, Monitors
- Xantusiidae Baird, 1858 -- Night Lizards
- Xenosauridae Cope, 1866
References
- ^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. Suborder Autarchoglossa. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed March 28, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org.
- ^ Vidal, N. and Hedges, S.B. 2005. The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes. C.R. Biologies 328: 1000-1008. available online: http://mnhn.academia.edu/NicolasVidal/Papers/450567/The_phylogeny_of_squamate_reptiles_lizards_snakes_and_amphisbaenians_inferred_from_nine_nuclear_protein-coding_genes
- ^ "Autarchoglossa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=564530. Retrieved 29 March 2011.