Suborder
Sauria (Lizards)
Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis. Photo: (c) Erin and Lance Willett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia which are also squamates. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
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