Lizards Temporal range: Early Jurassic – Holocene, 199–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Late Triassic record Clockwise from top left: veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), rock monitor (Varanus albigularis), common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides), Italian wall lizard (Podarcis sicula), giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus), and legless lizard (Anelytropsis papillosus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Lepidosauria Order: Squamata Families Many, see text Groups included Anguimorpha Gekkota Iguania Lacertoidea Scincomorpha Range of the lizards, all species Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa Serpentes Amphisbaenia Synonyms Sauria Macartney, 1802