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reptile family

DEFINITIONS OF: reptile family

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n a family of reptiles

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Chelonidae, Cheloniidae, family Chelonidae, family Cheloniidae
green turtles; hawksbills
Dermochelyidae, family Dermochelyidae
sea turtles
Chelydridae, family Chelydridae
snapping turtles
Kinosternidae, family Kinosternidae
mud turtles; musk turtles
Emydidae, family Emydidae
box and water turtles
Testudinidae, family Testudinidae
land tortoises
Trionychidae, family Trionychidae
soft-shelled turtles
Gekkonidae, family Gekkonidae
geckos
Pygopodidae, family Pygopodidae
Australian and Tasmanian lizards
Iguania, Iguanidae, family Iguania, family Iguanidae
New World lizards
Amphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae
worm lizards
Xantusiidae, family Xantusiidae
night lizards
Scincidae, family Scincidae
skinks
Teiidae, family Teiidae
whiptails; etc.
Agamidae, family Agamidae
an Old World reptile family of Sauria
Anguidae, family Anguidae
alligator lizards
Xenosauridae, family Xenosauridae
monotypic family of Mexican lizards
Anniellidae, family Anniellidae
legless lizards
Lanthanotidae, family Lanthanotidae
stout-bodied lizards
Helodermatidae, family Helodermatidae
only known venomous lizards
Lacertidae, family Lacertidae
Old World lizards
Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa
Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria
Varanidae, family Varanidae
monitor lizards
Crocodylidae, family Crocodylidae
true crocodiles
Alligatoridae, family Alligatoridae
alligators; caimans
Gavialidae, family Gavialidae
gavials
Ceratopsidae, family Ceratopsidae
American ceratopsian dinosaurs
Hadrosauridae, family Hadrosauridae
duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous
Iguanodontidae, family Iguanodontidae
iguanodons
Titanosauridae, family Titanosauridae
herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous
Megalosauridae, family Megalosauridae
megalosaurs
Dromaeosauridae, family Dromaeosauridae
swift-running bipedal dinosaurs
Edaphosauridae, family Edaphosauridae
a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria
Pterodactylidae, family Pterodactylidae
a reptile family in the order Pterosauria
Ichthyosauridae, family Ichthyosauridae
later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres
Colubridae, family Colubridae
nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
Typhlopidae, family Typhlopidae
blind snakes
Leptotyphlopidae, family Leptotyphlopidae
blind snakes
Boidae, family Boidae
boas and pythons
Pythoninae, subfamily Pythoninae
Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae
Pythonidae, family Pythonidae
in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas
Elapidae, family Elapidae
cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
Hydrophidae, family Hydrophidae
sea snakes
Viperidae, family Viperidae
Old World vipers
Crotalidae, family Crotalidae
New World vipers: pit vipers
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(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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