Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
   Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
     Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
       Suborder Sauria McCartney, 1802 - lizards see Clade Sauria Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
         Infraorder Scincomorpha Camp, 1923
           1 Family Xantusiidae Baird, 1859 - night lizards
           2 Family Teiidae Gray, 1827 - whiptails and tegus
           3 Family Scincidae Oppel, 1811 - skinks
           4 Family Lacertidae Oppel, 1811 - wall lizards
           5 Family Cordylidae Fitzinger, 1826 - spinytail lizards
           6 Family Gerrhosauridae Fitzinger, 1843 - plated lizards