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Taxon: Family Anguidae Gray, 1825 - glass lizards and alligator lizards (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Squamata

Current position

Anguoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 617 [Vidal & Hedges, 2009: fig. 2].

Alternative positions

Anguimorpha ([unranked]) Fürbringer, 1900 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: fig. 1.
Anguimorpha (Suborder) Fürbringer, 1900 Ref: M. Böhme, 2010: 24.
Anguimorpha (Infraorder) Fürbringer, 1900 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Anguinomorpha (Infraorder) Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 962.
Anguioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: N. Vidal & S.B. Hedges, 2009: fig. 2.
Diploglossa (Superfamily) Cope, 1864 Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1].
Diploglossa (Infraorder) Cope, 1864 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]2006: 04/05/2005.

Historical positions

Anguimorpha ([unranked]) Fürbringer, 1900 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: 47, fig. 1.
Anguimorpha (Suborder) Fürbringer, 1900 Ref: M. Böhme, 2010: 24.
Anguioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: N. Vidal & S.B. Hedges, 2009: 132, 133, fig. 2.
Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802 Ref: 1998
Diploglossa (Infraorder) Cope, 1864 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802 Ref: 1995
Anguoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 617.
Diploglossa (Superfamily) Cope, 1864 Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1], 35.
Anguinomorpha (Infraorder) Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 962.
Sauria (Suborder) McCartney, 1802 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 11g;77s;12ss; †1g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Oct 2016 [11g;77s]
2016 P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016 [11g;77s]
2013 R.A. Pyron et al.: 47 [13g]
[1995-]2000 P. Uetz 109s
1982 W.E. Duellman: 962 3sf;(6g;74s)
1979 T.I. Storer et al. ~70s
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