Squamata

See also: squamata

Translingual

Amphisbaena mertensii

Etymology

From Latin squamatus (“scaly, having scales”), from squama (“scale”).

Proper noun

Squamata

1. Scaled reptiles
   1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Lepidosauria.
   2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass

Hyponyms

• (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

References

• Squamata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Squamata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Squamata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons