List of Extant Families
| Amphisbaenia | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amphisbaenidae |
Tropical worm lizards | Darwin's worm lizard (Amphisbaena darwinii) | - |
| Bipedidae |
Bipes worm lizards | Mexican mole lizard (Bipes biporus) | |
| Rhineuridae |
North American worm lizards | North American worm lizard (Rhineura floridana) | |
| Trogonophidae |
Palearctic worm lizards | Checkerboard worm lizard (Trogonophis wiegmanni) | - |
| Anguidea or Diploglossa | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Anguidae |
Glass lizards, alligator lizards and slow worms | Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) | |
| Anniellidae |
American legless lizards | California legless lizard (Anniella pulchra) | |
| Xenosauridae |
Knob-scaled lizards | Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) | |
| Gekkota | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Dibamidae |
Blind lizards | Dibamus nicobaricum | - |
| Gekkonidae |
Geckos | Thick-tailed gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii) | |
| Pygopodidae |
Legless lizards | Burton's snake lizard (Lialis burtonis) | |
| Iguania | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Agamidae |
Agamas | Eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) | |
| Chamaeleonidae |
Chameleons | Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) | |
| Corytophanidae |
Casquehead lizards | Plumed basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) | |
| Crotaphytidae |
Collared and leopard lizards | Common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) | |
| Hoplocercidae |
Wood lizards or clubtails | Club-tail iguana (Hoplocercus spinosus) | - |
| Iguanidae | Iguanas | Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) | |
| Leiosauridae |
- | Darwin's iguana (Diplolaemus darwinii) | - |
| Liolaemidae |
Swifts | Shining tree iguana (Liolaemus nitidus) | |
| Opluridae |
Madagascan iguanas | Chalarodon (Chalarodon madagascariensis) | - |
| Phrynosomatidae |
Earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards | Greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) | |
| Polychrotidae |
Anoles | Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) | |
| Tropiduridae |
Neotropical ground lizards | (Microlophus peruvianus) | |
| Platynota or Varanoidea | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Helodermatidae | Gila monsters | Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) | |
| Lanthanotidae | Earless monitor | Earless monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) | - |
| Varanidae | Monitor lizards | Perentie (Varanus giganteus) | |
| Scincomorpha | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Cordylidae | Spinytail lizards | Girdle-tailed lizard (Cordylus warreni) | |
| Gerrhosauridae | Plated lizards | Sudan plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus major) | |
| Gymnophthalmidae | Spectacled lizards | Bachia bicolor | |
| Lacertidae |
Wall or true lizards | Ocellated lizard (Lacerta lepida) | |
| Scincidae |
Skinks | Western blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua occipitalis) | |
| Teiidae | Tegus or whiptails | Gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin) | |
| Xantusiidae | Night lizards | Granite night lizard (Xantusia henshawi) | |
| Alethinophidia | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Acrochordidae |
File snakes | Marine file snake (Acrochordus granulatus) | |
| Aniliidae |
Coral pipe snakes | Burrowing false coral (Anilius scytale) | |
| Anomochilidae . |
Dwarf pipe snakes | Leonard's pipe snake, (Anomochilus leonardi) | |
| Atractaspididae |
Mole vipers | Bibron's burrowing asp (Atractaspis bibroni) | |
| Boidae |
Boas | Amazon tree boa (Corallus hortulanus) | |
| Bolyeriidae |
Round Island boas | Round Island burrowing boa (Bolyeria multocarinata) | |
| Colubridae |
Colubrids | Grass snake (Natrix natrix) | |
| Cylindrophiidae |
Asian pipe snakes | Red-tailed pipe snake (Cylindrophis ruffus) | |
| Elapidae |
Cobras, coral snakes, mambas, kraits, sea snakes, sea kraits, Australian elapids | King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) | |
| Loxocemidae |
Mexican burrowing snakes | Mexican burrowing snake (Loxocemus bicolor) | |
| Pythonidae |
Pythons | Ball python (Python regius) | |
| Tropidophiidae |
Dwarf boas | Northern eyelash boa (Trachyboa boulengeri) | |
| Uropeltidae |
Shield-tailed snakes, short-tailed snakes | Cuvier's shieldtail (Uropeltis ceylanica) | |
| Viperidae |
Vipers, pitvipers, rattlesnakes | European asp (Vipera aspis) | |
| Xenopeltidae |
Sunbeam snakes | Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) | |
| Scolecophidia | |||
| Family | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Anomalepidae |
Dawn blind snakes | Dawn blind snake (Liotyphlops beui) | |
| Leptotyphlopidae |
Slender blind snakes | Texas blind snake (Leptotyphlops dulcis) | |
| Typhlopidae |
Blind snakes | European blind snake (Typhlops vermicularis) |
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