Gekkota
| Gekkota Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Holocene |
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| Lygodactylus luteopicturatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: |
Gekkota Cuvier, 1817 |
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Carphodactylidae |
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Carphodactylidae
Diplodactylidae
Eublepharidae
Gekkonidae
Sphaerodactylidae
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:
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