Squamata Oppel 1811 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988], nom. cl. inval. see Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
   Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
     Lacertoidea Camp, 1923 see Infraorder Lacertoidea Camp, 1923
       Family Gymnophthalmidae Fitzinger, 1826 - spectacled lizards
         1 Subfamily Alopoglossinae Pellegrino et al., 2001 see Family Alopoglossidae Goicoechea, Frost, De la Riva, Pellegrino, Sites Jr., Rodrigues & Padial, 2016
         2.1.1 Subfamily Bachiinae [monotypic]
         2.1.2.1 Subfamily Rhachisaurinae Pellegrino et al., 2001 [monotypic]
         2.1.2.2 Subfamily Gymnophthalminae Merrem, 1820
         2.2.1 Subfamily Ecpleopinae Fitzinger, 1843
         2.2.2 Subfamily Cercosaurinae Gray, 1838