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Auber's Ameiva
Pholidoscelis auberi (Cocteau, 1838)
Pholidoscelis auberi, or Auber's/Cuban ameiva, is an oviparous teiid lizard nati…
Common Puerto Rican Ameiva
Pholidoscelis exsul (Cope, 1862)
Pholidoscelis exsul is a large variable-colored lizard found across Puerto Rico …
Antiguan ameiva
Pholidoscelis griswoldi (Barbour, 1916)
Pholidoscelis griswoldi, or Griswold's ameiva, is an endemic Antigua and Barbuda…
Anguilla Bank Ameiva
Pholidoscelis plei (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Pholidoscelis plei, the Anguilla Bank ameiva, is an oviparous teiid lizard found…
Hispaniolan Giant Ameiva
Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus (Cope, 1868)
Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus, the common ameiva, is an endemic Hispaniolan lizard …
St. Christopher Ameiva
Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus (Shaw, 1802)
Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus is a Saint Christopher Bank endemic lizard with di…
Dominican Ameiva
Pholidoscelis fuscatus (Garman, 1887)
Pholidoscelis fuscatus, the Dominican ground lizard, is a lizard endemic only to…
Northern Caiman Lizard
Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1801
Dracaena guianensis, the northern caiman lizard, is a mostly aquatic South Ameri…
Spotted False Monitor
Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838
Callopistes maculatus is Chile's largest lizard, living in low-elevation Atacama…
Gold Tegu
Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gold tegus (Tupinambis teguixin) are black-and-gold striped lizards native to tr…
Cryptic Golden Tegu
Tupinambis cryptus Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016
The cryptic golden tegu Tupinambis cryptus is a Teiidae lizard found across nort…
Cusco Tegu
Tupinambis cuzcoensis Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016
The Cusco tegu (Tupinambis cuzcoensis) is a Teiidae lizard found in Peru, Ecuado…
Argentine Black-and-white Tegu
Salvator merianae Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Salvator merianae, the Argentine black and white tegu, is a large South American…
Red Tegu
Salvator rufescens (Günther, 1871)
Salvator rufescens, the red tegu, is a rapidly growing lizard used as a model in…
Diving Lizard
Uranoscodon superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Uranoscodon superciliosus, the mop-headed iguana, is a South American lizard fou…
Tropical Thornytail Iguana
Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855)
Uracentron flaviceps, tropical thornytail iguana, is an arboreal Amazon Rainfore…
Amazon Lava Lizard
Tropidurus torquatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Tropidurus torquatus is a widely distributed South American medium-sized ground-…
Spiny Lava Lizard
Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862)
The spiny lava lizard Tropidurus spinulosus is a Tropiduridae lizard found acros…
Striped Lava Lizard
Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825)
Tropidurus semitaeniatus, the striped lava lizard, is a Tropiduridae lizard spec…
Black Lava Lizard
Tropidurus melanopleurus Boulenger, 1902
Tropidurus melanopleurus, the Black Lava Lizard, is a sexually dimorphic Andean …
Etheridge's Lava Lizard
Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982
Etheridge's lava lizard (Tropidurus etheridgei) is an oviparous South American l…
Western Collared Spiny Lizard
Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983
Tropidurus catalanensis is a neotropical ground lizard native to several countri…
Peters' Lava Lizard
Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825)
Tropidurus hispidus is the largest species in the Tropidurus genus of lizards, f…
Cerrado Lava Lizard
Tropidurus oreadicus Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus oreadicus is an endemic Brazilian lizard found in Cerrado, Caatinga, …
