What is Lepidosauria?
{{Taxobox | name = Lepidosaurs | fossil_range = [[Triassic]] – Recent | image = Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard.JPG | image_width = 225px | image_caption = A Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] | subclassis = [[Diapsida]] | infraclassis = [[Lepidosauromorpha]] | superordo = '''Lepidosauria''' | subdivision_ranks = [[Order (biology)|Order]]s | subdivision = *[[Squamata]] **Lizards **Snakes *[[Sphenodontia]] }} The '''Lepidosauria''' (Greek for ''scaled lizards'') are [[reptile]]s with overlapping [[Scale (zoology)|scales]]. They include the [[tuatara]]s, [[lizard]]s, [[snake]]s and [[amphisbaenia]]ns. Lepidosauria is a superorder of [[Sauropsida]]. It includes the orders : * [[Squamata]] * [[Sphenodontia]] / [[Rhynchocephalia]] {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Scaled reptiles]]