Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere. Common characteristics of this group include a reduced supratemporal...
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Anguimorpha (section Anguidae)
only distantly related to squamates. There are 9 genera found within the Anguidae family. They are characterized by being heavily armored with non-overlapping...
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Elgaria is a genus of New World lizards in the family Anguidae. Their common name is western alligator lizards. Species in the genus Elgaria are distributed...
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Abronia is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae that is native to Mexico and Central America. The majority of the species are restricted to southern...
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Anguinae is a subfamily of legless lizards in the family Anguidae, commonly called glass lizards, glass snakes or slow worms. The first two names come...
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Anguis graeca, the Greek slow worm, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae found in Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia. It engages in death feigning...
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Bailon, Salvador (April 2019). "Extirpation of Ophisaurus (Anguimorpha, Anguidae) in Western Europe in the context of the disappearance of subtropical ecosystems...
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List of reptiles of Mexico (section Anguidae)
1802) Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758 Order: Squamata ยท Family: Anguidae Anguids (Anguidae) are a family of anguimorphic scaly sauropsids that includes glass...
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are a small genus (Anguis) of snake-like legless lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus has several living species, including the common slowworm (A...
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lizard (Elgaria coerulea) is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the North American west coast. The northern...
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