reptile family

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reptile family - a family of reptiles Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsChelonidae, Cheloniidae, family Chelonidae, family Cheloniidae - green turtles; hawksbillsDermochelyidae, family Dermochelyidae - sea turtlesChelydridae, family Chelydridae - snapping turtlesfamily Kinosternidae, Kinosternidae - mud turtles; musk turtlesEmydidae, family Emydidae - box and water turtlesfamily Testudinidae, Testudinidae - land tortoisesfamily Trionychidae, Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtlesfamily Gekkonidae, Gekkonidae - geckosfamily Pygopodidae, Pygopodidae - Australian and Tasmanian lizardsfamily Iguania, family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae - New World lizardsAmphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae - worm lizardsfamily Xantusiidae, Xantusiidae - night lizardsfamily Scincidae, Scincidae - skinksfamily Teiidae, Teiidae - whiptails; etc.Agamidae, family Agamidae - an Old World reptile family of SauriaAnguidae, family Anguidae - alligator lizardsfamily Xenosauridae, Xenosauridae - monotypic family of Mexican lizardsAnniellidae, family Anniellidae - legless lizardsfamily Lanthanotidae, Lanthanotidae - stout-bodied lizardsfamily Helodermatidae, Helodermatidae - only known venomous lizardsfamily Lacertidae, Lacertidae - Old World lizardsChamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleontidae, family Rhiptoglossa, Rhiptoglossa - Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauriafamily Varanidae, Varanidae - monitor lizardsCrocodylidae, family Crocodylidae - true crocodilesAlligatoridae, family Alligatoridae - alligators; caimansfamily Gavialidae, Gavialidae - gavialsCeratopsidae, family Ceratopsidae - American ceratopsian dinosaursfamily Hadrosauridae, Hadrosauridae - duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceousfamily Iguanodontidae, Iguanodontidae - iguanodonsfamily Titanosauridae, Titanosauridae - herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceousfamily Megalosauridae, Megalosauridae - megalosaursDromaeosauridae, family Dromaeosauridae - swift-running bipedal dinosaursEdaphosauridae, family Edaphosauridae - a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauriafamily Pterodactylidae, Pterodactylidae - a reptile family in the order Pterosauriafamily Ichthyosauridae, Ichthyosauridae - later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheresColubridae, family Colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living speciesfamily Typhlopidae, Typhlopidae - blind snakesfamily Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae - blind snakesBoidae, family Boidae - boas and pythonsPythoninae, subfamily Pythoninae - Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidaefamily Pythonidae, Pythonidae - in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boasElapidae, family Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakesfamily Hydrophidae, Hydrophidae - sea snakesfamily Viperidae, Viperidae - Old World vipersCrotalidae, family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers