Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Gekkota Higher classification Scaled reptiles | Phylum Chordata Clutch size Coleonyx brevis: 1 – 2 Rank Infraorder | |
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Lower classifications Geckos, Crested gecko, Rhacodactylus, Tarentola mauritanica, Tarentola | ||
Gekkota is an infraorder of squamate reptiles in the suborder Scleroglossa, comprising all geckos and the limbless "snake-lizards" of family Pygopodidae. The legless lizards of the family Dibamidae, also referred to as blind lizards, have occasionally been counted as gekkotans, but recent molecular phylogenies suggest otherwise.
Gekkota is composed of seven families:
References
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