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The page lists all of the families in the clade
Tetrapoda, organized by
taxonomic ranks. This list does not include families that are extinct.
Amphibia
Order
Anura (frogs)
Order
Apoda (caecilians)
Order
Urodela (salamanders)
Aves
Order
Galliformes (gamebirds, or landfowl)
Order
Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos and extinct relatives)
Order
Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds)
Order
Caprimulgiformes (frogmouths, nightjars, and more)
Order
Gruiformes (cranes and relatives)
- Suborder
Charadrii (plover-like waders)
- Suborder
Chionidi (thick-knees and allies)
- Suborder
Lari (gulls and allies)
- Suborder Scolopaci (snipe-like waders)
- Family
Scolopacidae (snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies)
- Suborder
Thinocori (aberrant charadriforms)
- Suborder Turnici (buttonquails)
Order
Procellariiformes (petrels, including albatrosses and more)
Order
Pelecaniformes (boobies, cormorants, darters, and more)
Order
Eurypygiformes (sunbitterns and kagus)
Order
Accipitriformes (birds of prey, such as hawks and eagles)
Order
Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)
Order
Coraciiformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, and more)
Order
Piciformes (woodpeckers, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, and relatives)
Order
Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras)
Superorder Struthionimorphae
Reptilia
Order
Squamata (lizards and snakes)
- Family
Amphisbaenidae (tropical worm lizards)
- Family
Bipedidae (other worm lizards)
- Family
Blanidae (Mediterranean worm lizards)
- Family
Cadeidae (Cuban worm lizards)
- Family
Rhineuridae (North American worm lizards)
- Family
Trogonophidae (palearctic worm lizards)
- Family
Dibamidae (blind lizards)
- Family
Gekkonidae (geckos)
- Family
Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
- Family
Diplodactylidae
- Family
Carphodactylidae
- Family
Eublepharidae
- Family
Sphaerodactylidae
- Family
Phyllodactylidae
- Family
Agamidae (agamas)
- Family
Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
- Family
Corytophanidae (casquehead lizards)
- Family
Crotaphytidae (collared lizards)
- Family
Iguanidae (true iguanas and relatives)
- Family
Leiocephalidae
- Family
Hoplocercidae
- Family
Dactyloidae
- Family
Leiosauridae
- Family
Liolaemidae (iguana relatives, such as swifts)
- Family
Opluridae (Madagascan iguanas)
- Family
Phrynosomatidae (spiny lizards, horn lizards, tree lizards, and more)
- Family
Polychrotidae (anoles)
- Family
Tropiduridae (neotropical ground lizards)
- Family
Gymnophthalmidae (spectacled lizards)
- Family
Lacertidae (wall lizards)
- Family
Teiidae (tegus)
- Family
Anguidae (slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards)
- Family
Anniellidae (American legless lizards)
- Family
Helodermatidae (gila monsters)
- Family
Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)
- Family
Lanthanotidae (earless monitor)
- Family
Shinisauridae (Chinese crocodile lizard)
- Family
Varanidae (monitor lizards)
- Family
Cordylidae (spinytail lizards)
- Family
Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards)
- Family
Scincidae (skinks)
- Family
Xantusiidae (night lizards)
- Family
Acrochordidae (file snakes)
- Family
Aniliidae (coral pipe snakes)
- Family
Anomochilidae (dwarf pipe snakes)
- Family
Boidae (boas)
- Family
Bolyeriidae (Round Island boas)
- Family
Colubridae (colubrids)
- Family
Cylindrophiidae (Asian pipe snakes)
- Family
Elapidae (
cobras,
sea snakes, and more)
- Family
Homalopsidae (mudsnakes)
- Family
Lamprophiidae
- Family
Loxocemidae (Mexican burrowing snakes)
- Family
Pareidae (slug snakes and more)
- Family
Pythonidae (pythons)
- Family
Tropidophiidae (dwarf boas)
- Family
Uropeltidae (shieldtail snakes)
- Family
Viperidae (vipers,
rattlesnakes, and more)
- Family
Xenodermatidae
- Family
Xenopeltidae (sunbeam snakes)
- Family
Anomalepidae (dawn blind snakes)
- Family
Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan blind snakes)
- Family
Leptotyphlopidae (slender blind snakes)
- Family
Typhlopidae ("true" blind snakes)
- Family
Xenotyphlopidae
Mammalia
Order
Dasyuromorphia (marsupial mice and numbat)
Order
Diprotodontia (koalas, wombats, kangaroos, and more)
Group
Placentalia (placental mammals)
Order
Afrosoricida (golden moles and tenrecs)
Order
Carnivora (carnivorans, such as dogs, cats, and relatives)
- Suborder
Feliformia (cat-like carnivorans and relatives)
- Suborder
Caniformia (dog-like carnivorans and relatives)
Order
Cingulata (armadillos)
Order
Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, shrews, and moles)
Order
Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, and pikas)
Order
Pilosa (anteaters and sloths)
Order
Primates (primates, such as monkeys and apes)
Order
Sirenia (sea cows)