Teiidae
Bocourt's Ameiva
Medopheos edracanthus (Bocourt, 1874)
Bocourt's ameiva (Medopheos edracanthus) is the only species in its genus, an oviparous teiid lizard native to Ecuador and Peru.
Auber's Ameiva
Pholidoscelis auberi (Cocteau, 1838)
Pholidoscelis auberi, or Auber's/Cuban ameiva, is an oviparous teiid lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas.
Common Puerto Rican Ameiva
Pholidoscelis exsul (Cope, 1862)
Pholidoscelis exsul is a large variable-colored lizard found across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Antiguan ameiva
Pholidoscelis griswoldi (Barbour, 1916)
Pholidoscelis griswoldi, or Griswold's ameiva, is an endemic Antigua and Barbuda lizard with distinct color patterns.
Anguilla Bank Ameiva
Pholidoscelis plei (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Pholidoscelis plei, the Anguilla Bank ameiva, is an oviparous teiid lizard found on Lesser Antilles Caribbean islands.
Hispaniolan Giant Ameiva
Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus (Cope, 1868)
Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus, the common ameiva, is an endemic Hispaniolan lizard where males engage in homosexual mating.
St. Christopher Ameiva
Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus (Shaw, 1802)
Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus is a Saint Christopher Bank endemic lizard with distinct age-related color changes.
Dominican Ameiva
Pholidoscelis fuscatus (Garman, 1887)
Pholidoscelis fuscatus, the Dominican ground lizard, is a lizard endemic only to the island of Dominica.
Northern Caiman Lizard
Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1801
Dracaena guianensis, the northern caiman lizard, is a mostly aquatic South American lizard now found in leather trade and pet trade.
Spotted False Monitor
Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838
Callopistes maculatus is Chile's largest lizard, living in low-elevation Atacama Desert scrubland and hosts a named new parasitic mite genus.
Gold Tegu
Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gold tegus (Tupinambis teguixin) are black-and-gold striped lizards native to tropical forests of northern Central/South America and Panama.
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 northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago.
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, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
Argentine Black-and-white Tegu
Salvator merianae Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Salvator merianae, the Argentine black and white tegu, is a large South American lizard that is invasive in parts of the U.S.
Red Tegu
Salvator rufescens (Günther, 1871)
Salvator rufescens, the red tegu, is a rapidly growing lizard used as a model in reproductive biology research.
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