Editing Anguidae (section)

{{Short description|Family of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Campanian|Recent}}
| image = Anguidae.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Anguis fragilis]]'' (slow worm)
| image2 = Gerrhonotus parvus 5880611.jpg
| image2_caption = ''[[Gerrhonotus parvus]]''
| taxon = Anguidae
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision = *[[Anguinae]]
*Gerrhonotinae
*†[[Glyptosaurinae]]
}}

'''Anguidae''' refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. It contains 9 [[Genus|genera]] and 89 extant species. Common characteristics of this group include a reduced supratemporal arch, striations on the medial faces of tooth crowns, [[osteoderm]]s, and a lateral fold in the skin of most taxa.<ref name=":0" />  The group is divided into two living subfamilies, the legless [[Anguinae]], which contains [[Anguis|slow worms]] and [[glass lizards]], among others, found across the Northern Hemisphere, and Gerrhonotinae, which contains the alligator lizards, native to North and Central America. The family [[Diploglossidae]] (which contains the galliwasps) was also formerly included.