reptile family

Definitions of reptile family

1. noun

   a family of reptiles
   types:

   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

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera