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Anguidae

Reptile Families

Anguidae is a large, diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere, comprising nine genera and 89 living species in two subfamilies, the largely legless Anguinae, including the slow worms and glass lizards, and the fully limbed Gerrhonotinae, the alligator lizards of North and Central America. Members carry hard osteoderms beneath their scales, range from about 10 centimeters to 1.5 meters long, and the family's fossil record reaches back roughly 75 million years to the Campanian. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Family 2
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Parent Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Eastern Glass Lizard
Slow Worm, Species
Source Wikidata: Slow Worm
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ191059, descriptionView the Source
2. Anguidae (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the Source
Wikidata: Anguidae
Wikidata Q191059, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Slow Worm
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Slow Worm, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Eastern Glass Lizard
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Eastern Glass Lizard, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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