Diploglossa

Diploglossa
Temporal range: AlbianPresent,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Neoanguimorpha
Clade: Diploglossa
Cope, 1864
Subclades

Diploglossa is a clade of neoanguimorphs represented by the families Xenosauridae, Diploglossidae, Anniellidae and Anguidae, the latter three placed in the superfamily Anguioidea. In the past the Chinese crocodile lizard was classified as a xenosaurid; current molecular work has shown evidence the species related to varanoids in the clade Paleoanguimorpha.

Below is the phylogeny of the neoanguimorph lineages after Pyron et al. (2013):

Diploglossa

Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)

Anguioidea

Diploglossidae (galliwasps)

Anniellidae (American legless lizards)

Anguidae (glass lizards and alligator lizards)