Pygopodidae

Lialis burtonis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Pygopodidae
Genera (7): Aprasia – Delma – Lialis – Ophidiocephalus – Paradelma – Pletholax – Pygopus

Name

Pygopodidae Boulenger, 1884

References

• Hutchinson, M. 1998: The first fossil pygopodid (Squamata, Gekkota), and a review of mandibular variation in living species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 355–366.
• Jennings, W.B.; Pianka, E.R.; Donnellan, S. 2003: Systematics of the lizard family Pygopodidae with implications for the diversification of Australian temperate biotas. Systematic biology, 52 (6): 757–780. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/52.6.757 JSTOR PDF
• Kluge, A.G. 1976: Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard family Pygopodidae: an evaluation of theory, methods and data. Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, (152 ) PDF
• Han, D.-M., Zhou, K.-Y. & Bauer, A.M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: legless lizards, snake-lizards, flap-footed lizards
polski: Płatonogowate

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