Squamata
See also: squamata
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin squamatus (“scaly, having scales”), from squama (“scale”).
Proper nounEdit
Squamata
- Scaled reptiles
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Lepidosauria.
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia.[1]
HypernymsEdit
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass[1]
HyponymsEdit
- (order): Amphisbaenia, Autarchoglossa (obsolete), Sauria, Serpentes (suborders)
- Acrochordidae, Agamidae, Amphisbaenidae, Anguidae, Aniliidae, Anniellidae, Anomalepididae, Anomochilidae, Atractaspididae, Bipedidae, Blanidae, Boidae, Bolyeriidae, Cadeidae, Carphodactylidae, Chamaeleonidae, Colubridae, Cordylidae, Corytophanidae, Crotaphytidae, Cylindrophiidae, Dactyloidae, Dibamidae, Diplodactylidae, Elapidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Gerrhosauridae, Gerrohopilidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Helodermatidae, Homalopsidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Lacertidae, Lamprophilidae, Lanthanotidae, Leiocephalidae, Leiosauridae, Leptotyphlopidae, Liolaemidae, Loxocemidae, Opluridae, Pareatidae, Phrynosomatidae, Phyllodactylidae, Polychrotidae, Pygopodidae, Pythonidae, Rhineuridae, Scincidae, Shinisauridae, Sphaerodactylidae, Teiidae, Trogonophiidae, Tropidophiidae, Tropiduridae, Typhlopidae, Uropeltidae, Varanidae, Viperidae, Xantusiidae, Xenodermatidae, Xenopeltidae, Xenophilidae, Xenosauridae, Xenotyphlopiidae - families
- (subclass): Anguimorpha, Gekkota, Iguania, Lacertoidea, Scincoidea, Serpentes - orders[1]
ReferencesEdit
Squamata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Squamata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Squamata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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