Lizards
Sauria
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia which are also squamates. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
6 branches of this suborder, most-observed first · about 7,789 known species
Iguanas and Allies
infraorderIguania
Wall lizards, amphisbaenians, and allies
infraorderLacertoidea
Geckos
infraorderGekkota
Skinks and allies
infraorderScincomorpha
Glass, alligator, monitor lizards and allies
infraorderAnguimorpha
Dibamids
infraorderDibamia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85552.