Gekkota
Translingual
Etymology
From Gekko + -ota.
Proper noun
Gekkota
- The geckos and related lizards
- A taxonomic infraorder within the suborder Sauria.
- A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.[1]
Hypernyms
- (infraorder): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Squamata - subclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (infraorder): Dibamidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae - families
- (order): Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Pygopodidae, Sphaerodactylidae - families
References
- Gekkota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gekkota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gekkota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521