Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
               Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                 Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
                   Suborder Sauria McCartney, 1802 - lizards see Clade Sauria Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                     Infraorder Scincomorpha Camp, 1923
                       Family Teiidae Gray, 1827 - whiptails and tegus
                         Genus Ameiva Meyer, 1795
                         Genus Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830
                         Genus Tupinambis Daudin, 1802