Gekkota

Translingual

Etymology

From Gekko +‎ -ota.

Proper noun

Gekkota

The geckos and related lizards
1. A taxonomic infraorder within the suborder Sauria.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.[1]

Hypernyms

(infraorder): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order
(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass[1]

Hyponyms

(infraorder): Dibamidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae - families
(order): Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Pygopodidae, Sphaerodactylidae - families

References

Gekkota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gekkota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gekkota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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