Taxonomy Profile: Anguidae

Anguidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Alligator Lizards []
Anguid Lizards []
Anguids []
Galliwasps []
Glass Lizards []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Anguidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Anguidae
Alligator Lizards |
Anguid Lizards |
Anguids |
Galliwasps |
Glass Lizards |
Anguidae Direct Children(s):
Anguidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Anguidae
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Anguidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Anguidae
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Anguidae
Source:
Reptile Database (Dec. 2020)
Acquired:
2021-01-31
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org
Reference for:
Anguidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Anguidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Pough, F. H., R. M. Andrews, J. E. Cadle, M. L. Crump, A. H. Savitzky, and K. D. Wells
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Herpetology
Page(s):
577
Publisher:
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Publication Place:
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-13-850876-3/
Notes:
Reference for:
Anguidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Anguidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Pyron, R. Alexander, Frank T. Burbrink, and John J. Wiens
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-04-29 / 2013-04-29
Article/Chapter Title:
A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 13, no. 93
Page(s):
1-53
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1471-2148
Notes:
doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93
Reference for:
Anguidae
Anguidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Anguidae: Comments