Base of the evolutionary tree for anguimorph lizards (Anguimorpha)

← parent

• anguimorph lizards (Anguimorpha) (245 species)
  • unnamed group 905097 → (164 species)
    • unnamed group 905105 → (156 species)
      • unnamed group 905110 → (151 species)
        • unnamed group 905116 → (145 species)
        • legless lizards (Anniellidae) → (6 species)
      • Gila Monsters (Helodermatidae) → (5 species)
        • Heloderma exasperatum
        • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
        • Heloderma charlesbogerti
        • Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum)
        • Heloderma alvarezi
    • Knob-scaled Lizards (Xenosauridae) → (8 species)
      • Xenosaurus newmanorum
      • Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus
      • Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps)
      • Xenosaurus agrenon
      • Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus grandis)
      • Xenosaurus rackhami
      • Xenosaurus penai
      • Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon
  • Old World anguimorph lizards (Paleoanguimorpha) → (81 species)
    • Varanoidea → (80 species)
      • monitor lizards (Varanidae) → (79 species)
        • Monitor Lizards (Varanus) → (77 species)
        • Saniwa major
        • Monitor bivittatus
      • Earless Monitor Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)
    • Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)

Other links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• NCBI (genetics)"
• Open Tree of Life

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