autarchoglossan

plural autarchoglossans

1. A squamate of the clade Autarchoglossa.

   Scientists have made our work a bit easier by dividing living lizards into two major groups: the ascalabotans and the autarchoglossans.

   1987, Arthur Rosenfeld, Exotic Pets, page 84

   2 more examples

   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.

   2008, Laurie J. Vitt, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles

   Autarchoglossan families, if anything, have shifted away from ants (at least adult ants) and tend, with one exception, to eat fairly large prey.

   2006, Eric R. Pianka, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 46