Lacertidae
Spanish Psammodromus
Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger, 1826
Psammodromus hispanicus is a small patterned lizard native to open dry Mediterranean habitats in southwestern Europe.
Large Psammodromus
Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psammodromus algirus is a small lizard found in northwestern Africa and southwestern Europe, that inhabits bushy vegetation from lowlands to 2600m.
Western Psammodromus
Psammodromus occidentalis Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, San Mauro & Zardoya, 2012
Psammodromus occidentalis is a Lacertidae lizard species endemic to the Western Iberian Peninsula, split from P. hispanicus in 2012.
East Iberian Psammodromus
Psammodromus edwarsianus (Dugès, 1829)
Psammodromus edwarsianus, the East Iberian sand racer, is a Lacertidae lizard found in Spain and France.
Boettger's Lizard
Gallotia caesaris (Lehrs, 1914)
Boettger's lizard (Gallotia caesaris) is an oviparous Canary Islands endemic wall lizard with two recognized subspecies.
Gran Canaria Giant Lizard
Gallotia stehlini (Schenkel, 1901)
Gallotia stehlini is a large lacertid lizard endemic to the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, oviparous and sexually dimorphic.
Tenerife Lizard
Gallotia galloti (Oudart, 1839)
Gallotia galloti is a small western Canary Islands lizard with size and color differences between sexes and subspecies.
Atlantic Lizard
Gallotia atlantica (Peters & Doria, 1882)
Gallotia atlantica, the Atlantic lizard, is a Lacertidae species endemic to the eastern Canary Islands, with a wide range of natural habitats.
Jackson's Forest Lizard
Adolfus jacksoni (Boulenger, 1899)
Jackson's forest lizard (Adolfus jacksoni) is an oviparous East African lacertid lizard that lives in forest habitats.
Adolfus kibonotensis (Lönnberg, 1907)
Adolfus kibonotensis (Lönnberg, 1907)
Adolfus kibonotensis, Jackson's forest lizard, is a lizard species found in Kenya and Tanzania, reinstated as a full species in 2018.
Hardy’s Fringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus hardyi Haas, 1957
Acanthodactylus hardyi, Hardy's or Nidua fringe-fingered lizard, is an endemic oviparous lacertid lizard of Western Asia.
Duméril's Fringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus dumerilii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)
Duméril's fringe-fingered lizard is an oviparous lizard found across northwestern African deserts in sparsely vegetated areas.
Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878
Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard is an oviparous Lacertidae lizard endemic to Cyprus, living in sandy shores, pastures, and plantations.
Schmidt's Fringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus schmidti Haas, 1957
Acanthodactylus schmidti is a distinguishable oviparous lizard species that lives in desert habitats across Western Asia.
Arnold's Fringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980
Acanthodactylus opheodurus is an endemic Middle Eastern oviparous lacertid lizard with common names Arnold's fringe-fingered lizard and snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard.
Spiny-footed Lizard
Acanthodactylus erythrurus (Schinz, 1833)
Acanthodactylus erythrurus, the spiny-footed lizard, is a medium-sized lizard native to southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard
Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802)
Acanthodactylus boskianus is a medium-sized diurnal lizard found across North Africa and the Middle East with distinctive striped dorsal patterning.
Golden Fringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus aureus Günther, 1903
The golden fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus aureus) is an endemic oviparous lizard of northwestern Africa in the family Lacertidae.
Acanthodactylus margaritae Tamar, Geniez, Brito & Crochet, 2017
Acanthodactylus margaritae Tamar, Geniez, Brito & Crochet, 2017
Acanthodactylus margaritae is an oviparous lizard species found in desert and semidesert habitats of southern Morocco.
Cape Mountain Lizard
Tropidosaura gularis Hewitt, 1927
Tropidosaura gularis is a species that lives in shrubland, is oviparous, and adult SVL ranges 5–6 cm.
Western Sand Lizard
Pedioplanis undata (Smith, 1838)
Pedioplanis undata is a small slender oviparous lizard found in parts of southwestern Africa.
Plain Sand Lizard
Pedioplanis inornata (Roux, 1907)
Pedioplanis inornata is an oviparous lizard found in Namibia and South Africa with distinct physical features.
Namaqua Sand Lizard
Pedioplanis namaquensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Pedioplanis namaquensis is a small slender oviparous lizard found in southern Africa.
Cape Sand Lizard
Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845)
Pedioplanis laticeps is a variable-colored lizard found in southern African shrubland that reproduces via oviparity.
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