#suborder_Sauria__Sauria__Lacertilia__suborder_Lacertilia  true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #order_Squamata
  member:  #saurian  any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
  member:  #family_Gekkonidae__Gekkonidae  geckos
     member:  #genus_Ptychozoon__Ptychozoon  flying geckos
        member:  #flying_gecko__fringed_gecko__fringedgecko__Ptychozoon_homalocephalum  having membranous expansions along sides of body and limbs and tail
     member:  #genus_Coleonyx__Coleonyx  banded geckos
        member:  #banded_gecko  any of several geckos with dard bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids; of United States southwest and gulf coast to Florida
  member:  #family_Pygopodidae__Pygopodidae  Australian and Tasmanian lizards
     member:  #genus_Pygopus__Pygopus  type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs
  member:  #family_Iguanidae__Iguanidae__Iguania__family_Iguania  New World lizards
     member:  #iguanid_lizard__iguanidlizard__iguanid  lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
     member:  #genus_Iguana  type genus of the Iguanidae
        member:  #common_iguana__iguana__Iguana_iguana  large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central and South America
     member:  #genus_Amblyrhynchus__Amblyrhynchus  marine iguanas
        member:  #marine_iguana__Amblyrhynchus_cristatus  shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands
     member:  #genus_Dipsosaurus__Dipsosaurus  desert iguanas
        member:  #desert_iguana__Dipsosaurus_dorsalis  small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
     member:  #genus_Sauromalus__Sauromalus  chuckwallas
     member:  #genus_Callisaurus__Callisaurus  zebra-tailed lizard
        member:  #zebra-tailed_lizard__gridiron-tailed_lizard__Callisaurus_draconoides  swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
     member:  #genus_Uma__Uma  fringe-toed lizard
        member:  #fringe-toed_lizard__Uma_notata  with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico
     member:  #genus_Holbrookia__Holbrookia  earless lizards
        member:  #earless_lizard__earlesslizard  any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico
     member:  #genus_Crotaphytus__Crotaphytus  collard lizards
        member:  #collared_lizard  any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
     member:  #genus_Gambelia__Gambelia  leopard lizards
        member:  #leopard_lizard__leopardlizard  any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico
     member:  #genus_Sceloporus__Sceloporus  spiny lizards
        member:  #spiny_lizard__spinylizard  any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North and Central America
     member:  #genus_Uta__Uta  a reptile genus of Iguanidae
        member:  #side-blotched_lizard__sand_lizard__Uta_stansburiana  one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
     member:  #genus_Urosaurus__Urosaurus  a reptile genus of Iguanidae
        member:  #tree_lizard__Urosaurus_ornatus  a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
     member:  #genus_Phrynosoma__Phrynosoma  horned lizards
        member:  #horned_lizard__horned_toad__horny_frog__hornyfrog  insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
     member:  #genus_Basiliscus__Basiliscus  a reptile genus of Iguanidae
        member:  #basilisk  small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
     member:  #genus_Anolis__Anolis  New World chameleons
        member:  #American_chameleon__anole__Anolis_carolinensis  small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
  member:  #family_Amphisbaenidae__Amphisbaenidae  worm lizards
  member:  #family_Xantusiidae__Xantusiidae  night lizards
     member:  #night_lizard__nightlizard  small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
  member:  #family_Scincidae__Scincidae  skinks
     member:  #genus_Scincus__Scincus  type genus of Scincidae
     member:  #genus_Scincella__Scincella  a reptile genus of Scincidae
     member:  #skink__scincid__scincidlizard  alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
     member:  #genus_Eumeces__Eumeces  New World skinks
        member:  #western_skink__westernskink__Eumeces_skiltonianus  found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands
        member:  #mountain_skink__Eumeces_callicephalus  frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico
  member:  #family_Cordylidae__Cordylidae  small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards
     member:  #genus_Cordylus__Cordylus  type genus of the Cordylidae; spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles
  member:  #family_Teiidae__Teiidae  whiptails; etc.
     member:  #teiid_lizard__teiidlizard__teiid  tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
     member:  #genus_Cnemidophorus__Cnemidophorus  whiptails
        member:  #whiptail_lizard__whiptail  any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
     member:  #genus_Tupinambis__Tupinambis  tejus
        member:  #teju  large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
  member:  #family_Agamidae__Agamidae  an Old World reptile family of Sauria
     member:  #agamid_lizard__agamid  a lizard of the family Agamidae
     member:  #genus_Agama  type genus of the Agamidae
        member:  #agama  small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
     member:  #genus_Chlamydosaurus__Chlamydosaurus  frilled lizards
        member:  #frilled_lizard__frilledlizard__Chlamydosaurus_kingi  large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
     member:  #genus_Draco__Draco  flying dagons
        member:  #flying_dragon__dragon__flying_lizard  any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
     member:  #genus_Moloch  genus of Australian desert lizard
        member:  #moloch  any lizard of the genus Moloch
        member:  #mountain_devil__spiny_lizard__spinylizard__molochhorridu  desert lizard that feeds on ants
  member:  #family_Anguidae__Anguidae  alligator lizards
     member:  #anguid_lizard  any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects
     member:  #genus_Gerrhonotus__Gerrhonotus  alligator lizards
        member:  #alligator_lizard__alligatorlizard  slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
     member:  #genus_Anguis__Anguis  type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms
        member:  #blindworm__slowworm__Anguis_fragilis  small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
     member:  #genus_Ophisaurus__Ophisaurus  glass lizards
        member:  #glass_lizard__glasslizard__glass_snake__glasssnake__joint_snake__jointsnake  snakelike lizard of Europe Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
  member:  #family_Xenosauridae__Xenosauridae  monotypic family of Mexican lizards
     member:  #genus_Xenosaurus__Xenosaurus  type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles
  member:  #family_Anniellidae__Anniellidae  legless lizards
     member:  #legless_lizard__leglesslizard  degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
  member:  #family_Lanthanotidae__Lanthanotidae  stout-bodied lizards
     member:  #genus_Lanthanotus__Lanthanotus  1 species
        member:  #Lanthanotus_borneensis  a stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo
  member:  #family_Helodermatidae__Helodermatidae  only known venomous lizards
     member:  #venomous_lizard  any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards
     member:  #genus_Heloderma__Heloderma  type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards
        member:  #Gila_monster__Heloderma_suspectum  large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested
        member:  #Mexican_beaded_lizard__beaded_lizard__Heloderma_horridum  lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
  member:  #family_Lacertidae__Lacertidae  Old World lizards
     member:  #lacertid_lizard__lacertid  Old World terrestrial lizard
     member:  #genus_Lacerta__Lacerta  type genus of the Lacertidae
        member:  #sand_lizard__Lacerta_agilis  a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
        member:  #green_lizard__greenlizard__lacertaviridi  a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long
  member:  #family_Chamaeleontidae__Chamaeleontidae__Chamaeleonidae__family_Chamaeleonidae__Rhiptoglossa__family_Rhiptoglossa  Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria
     member:  #chameleon__chamaeleon  lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
     member:  #genus_Chamaeleo__Chamaeleo__genus_Chamaeleon  type genus of the Chamaeleontidae
        member:  #African_chameleon__Chamaeleo_chamaeleon  a chameleon found in Africa
        member:  #horned_chameleon__Chamaeleo_oweni  a kind of chameleon
  member:  #family_Varanidae__Varanidae  monitor lizards
     member:  #genus_Varanus__Varanus  type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae
        member:  #monitor_lizard__monitorlizard__monitor__varan  any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

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