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The modern taxonomy of reptiles includes many more subdivisions and also should include the bird. For practical reasons we give a simplified version here.
Reptilia – Reptiles Class
Anapsida Subclass
Testudines – Turtles Order
Cheloniidae - Sea Turtles Family
Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles Family
Emydidae - Pond, Box and Water Turtles Family
Testudinidae - Tortoises Family
Archosauria - Crocodiles, Dinosaurs, Birds Subclass
Crocodilia - Crocodiles Order
Crocodylidae - Real Crocodiles Family
Alligatoridae - Alligators and Caimans Family
Gavialidae - Gharials Family
Ornithischia - Bird hipped dinosaurs (Superorder)
Ornithopoda (Order)
Hadrosauridae - Duckbilled dinosaurs Family
Saurischia - Lizard hipped dinosaurs (Superorder)
Theropoda (Order)
Tyrannosauridae Family
Aves - Birds
in a modern systematics you would find the birds in this place as for example the crocodiles are more closely related to the birds than to any other living reptile group.
But for the sake of a clearer arrangement and easier use we follow the common usage to treat the birds as a class of their own.
Lepidosauria Subclass
Squamata - Lizards and Snakes Order
Sauria - Lizards Suborder
Helodermatidae - Beaded Lizards Family
Lacertidae - Lizards Family
Anguidae - Slow worms, Glass lizards Family
Iguanidae - Iguanas Family
Chamaeleonidae - Chameleons Family
Agamidae - Agamids Family
Gekkonidae - Geckos Family
Varanidae - Monitor lizards Family
Amphisbaenia - Worm Lizards Suborder
Amphisbaenidae - Snake-Lizards Family
Serpentes - Snakes Suborder
Boidae - Boids Family
Elapidae - Elapids Family
Viperidae - Vipers Family
Crotalidae - Pitvipers Family
Colubridae - Colubrids Family
Atractaspididae - Mole Vipers Family