Infraorder Key
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Key to Lizard Infraorders

1a. Dorsal scalation granular, or velvety to the touch; eyes large, always conspicuous; jugal bone reduced or absent; postorbital and temporal arches absent; tongue broad, feebly nicked anteriorly

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1b. Dorsal scalation imbricate, keeled, or large, but not velvety; jugal present; postorbital arch present, though often incomplete

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