Squamata

After Vidal & Hedges, 2005

<==o Squamata Oppel, 1811 (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians; suomumatelijat)
   |--o Dibamia Vidal & Hedges, 2005
   |  `-- Dibamidae
   `--o Bifurcata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
      |--o Gekkota
      |  |-- Gekkoninae
      |  `-- Pygopodinae
      `--o Unidentata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
         |--o Scinciformata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
         |  |-- Scincidae
         |  `--+-- Cordylidae
         |     `-- Xantusiidae
         `--o Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
            |--o Laterata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
            |  |--o Teiformata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
            |  |  `--o Teiioidea
            |  |     |-- Teiidae
            |  |     `-- Gymnophthalmidae
            |  `--o Lacertibaenia Vidal & Hedges, 2005
            |     |--o Lacertiformata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
            |     |  `-- Lacertidae
            |     `--o Amphisbaenia
            |        |-- Rhineuridae
            |        `--+-- Bipedidae
            |           `--+-- Trogonophidae
            |              `-- Amphisbaenidae
            `--o Toxicofera Vidal & Hedges, 2005
               |-- Serpentes
               `--+--o Iguania
                  |  |-- Leiocephalus
                  |  `-- Iguaninae
                  `--o Anguimorpha
                     |-- Varanidae
                     `--+-- Helodermatidae
                        `-- Anguidae

Reference(s):

Fry, B. G., Vidal, N., Norman, J. A., Vonk, F. J., Scheib, H., Ramjan, S. F. R., Kuruppu, S., Fung, K., Hedges, S. B., Richardson, M. K., Hodgson, W. C., Ignjatovic, V., Summerhayes, R. & Kochva, E., 2006: Early veolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes.
–Nature: Vol. 439, pp. 584-588
Vidal, N. & Hedges, S. B., 2005: The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes.
–Comptes Rendus Biologies: Vol. 328, #10-11, pp. 1000-1008

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Squamata – lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians

After Vidal & Hedges, 2005

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