reptile family
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| Noun | 1. |  reptile family - a family of reptiles Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals Dermochelyidae, family Dermochelyidae - sea turtles Chelydridae, family Chelydridae - snapping turtles family Kinosternidae, Kinosternidae - mud turtles; musk turtles Emydidae, family Emydidae - box and water turtles family Testudinidae, Testudinidae - land tortoises family Trionychidae, Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtles family Gekkonidae, Gekkonidae - geckos family Pygopodidae, Pygopodidae - Australian and Tasmanian lizards Amphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae - worm lizards family Xantusiidae, Xantusiidae - night lizards family Scincidae, Scincidae - skinks family Teiidae, Teiidae - whiptails; etc. Agamidae, family Agamidae - an Old World reptile family of Sauria Anguidae, family Anguidae - alligator lizards family Xenosauridae, Xenosauridae - monotypic family of Mexican lizards Anniellidae, family Anniellidae - legless lizards family Lanthanotidae, Lanthanotidae - stout-bodied lizards family Helodermatidae, Helodermatidae - only known venomous lizards family Lacertidae, Lacertidae - Old World lizards Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa, Rhiptoglossa - Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria family Varanidae, Varanidae - monitor lizards Crocodylidae, family Crocodylidae - true crocodiles Alligatoridae, family Alligatoridae - alligators; caimans family Gavialidae, Gavialidae - gavials Ceratopsidae, family Ceratopsidae - American ceratopsian dinosaurs family Hadrosauridae, Hadrosauridae - duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous family Iguanodontidae, Iguanodontidae - iguanodons family Titanosauridae, Titanosauridae - herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous family Megalosauridae, Megalosauridae - megalosaurs Dromaeosauridae, family Dromaeosauridae - swift-running bipedal dinosaurs Edaphosauridae, family Edaphosauridae - a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria family Pterodactylidae, Pterodactylidae - a reptile family in the order Pterosauria family Ichthyosauridae, 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 family Typhlopidae, Typhlopidae - blind snakes family Leptotyphlopidae, 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 family Pythonidae, 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 family Hydrophidae, Hydrophidae - sea snakes family Viperidae, Viperidae - Old World vipers Crotalidae, family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers |
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