Scincoidea

Translingual

Etymology

Scincus +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Scincoidea

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass

Hyponyms

(order): Cordylidae (girdle-tailed lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), Scincidae (skinks), Xantusiidae (night lizards) - families

References

Scincomorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scincoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Squamata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Scincoidea at the Tree of Life Web Project
Scincoidea at Encyclopedia of Life
Scinciformata at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Scincoidea at Fossilworks
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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