Squamata

Squamata diversity

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Clades (7): Dibamia – Gekkota – Scincomorpha – Laterata – Iguania – Anguimorpha – Serpentes
[circumscription following Burbrink et al. (2020)]
Genera incertae sedis: †Chmoetokadmon – †Eolacerta – †Hongshanxi – †Jucaraseps – †Liushusaurus – †Megachirella – †Meyasaurus – †Sakurasaurus – †Scandensia – †Yabeinosaurus

Name

Squamata Oppel, 1811: 14

References

Primary references

Oppel, M. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Joseph Lindauer: München. XII + 86 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

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Vidal, N. & Hedges, S.B. 2005. The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes. Comptes Rendus Biologies 328(10–11): 1000–1008. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.10.001 Reference page.
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Wiens, J.J., Hutter, C.R., Mulcahy, D.G., Noonan, B.P., Townsend, T.M., Sites, J.W. & Reeder, T.W. 2012. Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species. Biology Letters 8(6): 1043–1046. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T. & Wiens, J.J. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 93. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 Reference page.
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Vernacular names

العربية: حرشفيات
беларуская: Лускаватыя
čeština: Šupinatí
Deutsch: Schuppenkriechtiere
English: Scaled Reptiles
español: Escamosos
français: Squamates
magyar: Pikkelyesbőrűek
հայերեն: Թեփուկավորներ
日本語: 有鱗目
한국어: 유린목(有鱗目), 뱀목
norsk: Skjellkrypdyr
polski: Łuskonośne
português: Escamados
русский: Чешуйчатые
Türkçe: Pullular
українська: Лускаті

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