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Lizards are not a species. They are a suborder of reptiles that has at least nineteen extant families and more than 6,000 known species. It is a paraphyletic group, consisting of all squamates that are not snakes.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Lacertilia

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