Anguidae


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Noun1.Anguidae - alligator lizards
reptile family - a family of reptiles
Lacertilia, Sauria, suborder Lacertilia, suborder Sauria - true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
anguid lizard - any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects
genus Gerrhonotus, Gerrhonotus - alligator lizards
Anguis, genus Anguis - type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms
genus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus - glass lizards
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References in periodicals archive ?
2010: Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: genetic structure reveals deep divergences.
Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985 (Squamata: Anguidae): New range extension and clutch size in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
For example, some remains of lacertilians and madtsoiid snakes at Lano (Rage, 1999), Anguidae and Lacertoidea at Aren (Lopez-Martinez et al., 2001; Blain et al., 2010), and some unindentified cranial fragments and isolated vertebrae in Chera, Valencia (Company, 2004) have been reported.
Ziegler, "A review of iguanian and anguimorph lizard genitalia (squamata: Chamaeleonidae; Varanoidea, shinisauridae, xenosauridae, anguidae) and their phylogenetic significance: comparisons with molecular data sets," Journal ofZoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, vol.
Intraspecific aggression in Abronia vasconcelosii (Sauria, Anguidae) a tropical, arboreal, lizard.
Reproduction in the San Lucan alligator lizard, Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Los 207 individuos registrados en este estudio se encuentran distribuidos en siete familias (Anguidae, Corythophanidae, Gekkonidae, Gymnophthaimidae, Hoplocercidae, Poiychrotidae y Teiidae), 11 generos y 17 especies.