Diploglossa

Diploglossa; Temporal range: Albian – Present, 110–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Infraorder:	Neoanguimorpha
Clade:	Diploglossa; Cope, 1864
Subclades
	Carusioidea Cope, 1866 Xenosauridae; ; Anguioidea Gray, 1825 Diploglossidae; †Dorsetisauridae; Anniellidae; Anguidae; ;

Diploglossa is a clade of neoanguimorphs represented by the families Xenosauridae, Diploglossidae, Anniellidae and Anguidae, the latter three placed in the superfamily Anguioidea.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] In the past the Chinese crocodile lizard was classified as a xenosaurid;^[5] current molecular work has shown evidence the species related to varanoids in the clade Paleoanguimorpha.^[1]^[2]^[6]

Below is the phylogeny of the neoanguimorph lineages after Pyron et al. (2013):^[2]

Diploglossa

Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)

Anguioidea

Diploglossidae (galliwasps)

	Anniellidae (American legless lizards)

	Anguidae (glass lizards and alligator lizards)

References

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