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Scincomorpha is an infraorder of saurians. The Blotched Blue-tongued Skink ( Tiliqua nigrolutea) is a Reptile with a long blue tongue Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Diapsids ("two arches" are a group of Reptiles that developed two holes ( Temporal fenestra) in each side of their Skulls about 300 Million Lepidosauromorpha is a group of Reptiles comprising all Diapsids closer to Lizards than to Archosaurs (including Crocodiles and The Lepidosauria are Reptiles with overlapping scales They include the Tuataras Lizards Snakes and Amphisbaenians Lepidosaurians Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by Sauria is a Clade of reptiles that includes all living Diapsids as well as their Common ancestor and all its extinct descendants Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other Lacertidae is the family of the wall lizards, or true lizards, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Teiidae is a family of Lizards native to the New World generally known as whiptails. Cordylidae is a family of mid-sized lizards that inhabit arid and semi-arid regions in Madagascar and eastern Africa. The Gerrhosauridae is a family of lizards native to Africa and Madagascar Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards sometimes known as spectacled lizards or microteiids. Night lizards ( family name Xantusiidae are a group of very small viviparous (live-bearing Lizards, averaging from less than 4 cm to over 12 cm long This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used Sauria is a Clade of reptiles that includes all living Diapsids as well as their Common ancestor and all its extinct descendants