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A Skink found at the Malabar Battery
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Autarchoglossa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=564530. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 


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