reptile family
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A family of reptiles (synset 101659454)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- chelonidae, cheloniidae, family chelonidae, family cheloniidae - green turtles; hawksbills
- dermochelyidae, family dermochelyidae - sea turtles
- chelydridae, family chelydridae - snapping turtles
- family kinosternidae, kinosternidae - mud turtles; musk turtles
- emydidae, family emydidae - box and water turtles
- family testudinidae, testudinidae - land tortoises
- family trionychidae, trionychidae - soft-shelled turtles
- family gekkonidae, gekkonidae - geckos
- family pygopodidae, pygopodidae - Australian and Tasmanian lizards
- family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae - New World lizards
- amphisbaenidae, family amphisbaenidae - worm lizards
- family xantusiidae, xantusiidae - night lizards
- family scincidae, scincidae - skinks
- family teiidae, teiidae - whiptails; etc.
- agamidae, family agamidae - an Old World reptile family of Sauria
- anguidae, family anguidae - alligator lizards
- family xenosauridae, xenosauridae - monotypic family of Mexican lizards
- anniellidae, family anniellidae - legless lizards
- family lanthanotidae, lanthanotidae - stout-bodied lizards
- family helodermatidae, helodermatidae - only known venomous lizards
- family lacertidae, lacertidae - Old World lizards
- chamaeleonidae, chamaeleontidae, family chamaeleonidae, family chamaeleontidae, family rhiptoglossa, rhiptoglossa - Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria
- family varanidae, varanidae - monitor lizards
- crocodylidae, family crocodylidae - true crocodiles
- alligatoridae, family alligatoridae - alligators; caimans
- family gavialidae, gavialidae - gavials
- ceratopsidae, family ceratopsidae - American ceratopsian dinosaurs
- family hadrosauridae, hadrosauridae - duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous
- family iguanodontidae, iguanodontidae - iguanodons
- family titanosauridae, titanosauridae - herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous
- family megalosauridae, megalosauridae - megalosaurs
- dromaeosauridae, family dromaeosauridae - swift-running bipedal dinosaurs
- edaphosauridae, family edaphosauridae - a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria
- family pterodactylidae, pterodactylidae - a reptile family in the order Pterosauria
- family ichthyosauridae, ichthyosauridae - later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres
- colubridae, family colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
- family typhlopidae, typhlopidae - blind snakes
- family leptotyphlopidae, leptotyphlopidae - blind snakes
- boidae, family boidae - boas and pythons
- pythoninae, subfamily pythoninae - Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae
- family pythonidae, pythonidae - in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas
- elapidae, family elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
- family hydrophidae, hydrophidae - sea snakes
- family viperidae, viperidae - Old World vipers
- crotalidae, family crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers
belongs to: craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
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