Lizard Families

Name all the taxonomic families of lizard in the order Squamata, excluding snakes (suborder Serpentes) and amphisbaenians (clade Amphisbaenia)

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Suborder	Family	Common names	Species
Anguimorpha	Anguidae	Glass lizards, alligator lizards, slowworms	81
	Anniellidae	American legless lizards	6
	Diploglossidae	Galliwasps	51
	Helodermatidae	Beaded lizards	5
	Lanthanotidae	Earless monitor	1
	Shinisauridae	Chinese crocodile lizard	1
	Varanidae	Monitor lizards	87
	Xenosauridae	Knob-scaled lizards	13
Gekkota	Carphodactylidae	Southern padless geckos	32
	Diplodactylidae	Australasian geckos	161
	Eublepharidae	Eyelid geckos	44
	Gekkonidae	Common geckos	1418
	Phyllodactylidae	Various	161
	Pygopodidae	Legless geckos	45
	Sphaerodactylidae	Various	230
Iguania	Agamidae	Agamas, dragon lizards ...	562
	Chamaeleonidae	Chameleons	222
	Corytophanidae	Casquehead lizards, basilisks	11
	Crotaphytidae	Collared lizards, leopard lizards	12
	Dactyloidae	Anoles	436
	Hoplocercidae	Woodlizards ...	20
	Iguanidae	Iguanas, chuckwallas	46
	Leiocephalidae	Curly-tailed lizards	23
	Leiosauridae	Various	34
	Liolaemidae	Various	338
	Opluridae	Madagascan iguanas	8
	Phrynosomatidae	Various	171
	Polychrotidae	Bush anoles	8
	Tropiduridae	Neotropical ground lizards	146
Laterata	Alopoglossidae	Various	32
	Gymnophthalmidae	Spectacled lizards/microteiids	278
	Lacertidae	Wall lizards/true lizards	353
	Teiidae	Tegus, whiptails, racerunners	176
Scincomorpha	Cordylidae	Girdled lizards	68
	Gerrhosauridae	Plated lizards	38
	Scincidae	Skinks	1716
	Xantusiidae	Night lizards	37
Unclassified	Dibamidae	Blind skinks	25

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