CLASSIFICATION 39 



Suborder II. Lacertilia. 

 Family 1. Geckonidae. 



2. Eublepharidae. 



3. Uroplatidae. 



4. Pygopodidse. 



5. Agamidae. 



6. Iguanidae. • 



7. Xenosauridae. 



8. Zonuridae. 



9. Anguidae. 



10. Aniellidae. 



11. Helodermatidae. 



12. Varanidae. 



13. Xantusiidae. 



14. Teiidffi. 



15. Amphisbaenidas. 



16. Lacertidae. 



17. Gerrhosauridse. 



18. Scincidae 



19. Anelytropidae. 



20. Dibamidae. 

 Suborder III. Rhiptoglossi. 



Family 21. Chamaeleontidae. 



Cope * has followed a system that varies considerably from 

 that accepted by Boulenger. He relegates the Rhiptoglossa to a 

 place under the Sauria as a superfamily and makes use of other 

 superfamilies. His system follows : 



Order Squamata. 



1. Suborder Ophidia. 



2. Suborder Sauria. 



1. Superfamily Rhiptoglossa. 



1. Family Chamaeleonidae. 



2. Superfamily Nyctisauria. 



2. Family Eublepharidae. 



3. Family Geckonidae. 



3. Superfamily Pachyglossa. 



4. Family Agamidse. 



5. Family Iguanidae. 



4. Superfamily Uroplatoidea. 



6. Family Uroplatidae. 



5. Superfamily Thecoglossa. 



7. Family Varanidae. 



6. Superfamily Helodermatoidea. 



8. Family Helodermatidae. 



* Cope, E. D., in An. Rep. Smithsonian Institution (1898) ; see also Cope, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1861) 224 and Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. 

 Sci. 19 (1871) 236. 



