autarchoglossan

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autarchoglossan (plural autarchoglossans)

  1. A squamate of the clade Autarchoglossa.
    • 1987, Arthur Rosenfeld, Exotic Pets, page 84:
      Scientists have made our work a bit easier by dividing living lizards into two major groups: the ascalabotans and the autarchoglossans.
    • 2008, Laurie J. Vitt, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles:
      Assemblages in mainland habitats that consist of species in different families and other higher order clades (e.g., those containing iguanians, gekkotans, and autarchoglossans) are much more complex.
    • 2006, Eric R. Pianka, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 46:
      Autarchoglossan families, if anything, have shifted away from ants (at least adult ants) and tend, with one exception, to eat fairly large prey.