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Cape Girdled Lizard
Cordylus cordylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cordylus cordylus, the Cape girdled lizard, is a South African insectivorous lizard that gives birth to live young.
Common Girdled Lizard
Cordylus vittifer (Reichenow, 1887)
Cordylus vittifer, the Transvaal girdled lizard, is distinguished by elongated neck dorsal scales and variable dorsal coloration.
Black Girdled Lizard
Cordylus niger Cuvier, 1829
Cordylus niger, the black girdled lizard, is a medium-sized solitary lizard found only in parts of South Africa.
Cape Snake Lizard
Chamaesaura anguina Linnaeus, 1758
Chamaesaura anguina, the Cape grass lizard, is an ovoviviparous lizard species with three subspecies widely found in southern African grasslands.
Armadillo Girdled Lizard
Ouroborus cataphractus (Boie, 1828)
Ouroborus cataphractus, the armadillo girdled lizard, is an ovoviviparous lizard endemic to South Africa's Succulent Karoo biome.
Graceful Crag Lizard
Hemicordylus capensis (Smith, 1838)
Hemicordylus capensis is a small gracile lizard species with intermediate phenotype between Cordylus and robust Pseudocordylus.
Cape Crag Lizard
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1829)
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus has similar-sized sexes with distinct differences appearing before sexual maturity.
Highveld Crag Lizard
Pseudocordylus melanotus (Smith, 1838)
Pseudocordylus melanotus, the common crag lizard, is an ovoviviparous lizard native to Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Drakensberg Crag Lizard
Pseudocordylus subviridis (Smith, 1838)
Pseudocordylus subviridis, the Drakensberg crag lizard, is a small cordylid lizard found in South Africa and Lesotho.
Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (Hewitt & Methuen, 1913)
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus, the blue-spotted girdled lizard, is a endemic lizard species from coastal southern South Africa in the Cordylinae subfamily.
Van Dam’s Girdled Lizard
Smaug vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930)
Smaug vandami is a large dark brown lizard with yellow rings native to grassland and savanna in South Africa.
Karoo Girdled Lizard
Karusasaurus polyzonus (Smith, 1838)
Karusasaurus polyzonus, the Karoo girdled lizard, is a common diurnal insectivorous lizard found in southern Africa.
Sekukhune flat lizard
Platysaurus orientalis Fitzsimons, 1941
Platysaurus orientalis, the Sekukhune flat lizard, is a small lizard native to savannah in South Africa's Sekhukhuneland.
Waterberg flat lizard
Platysaurus minor Fitzsimons, 1930
The Waterberg flat lizard (Platysaurus minor) is a small striped lizard found in rocky savannah outcrops of northern South Africa.
Lebombo Flat Lizard
Platysaurus lebomboensis Jacobsen, 1994
Platysaurus lebomboensis, the Lebombo flat lizard, is a small southern African lizard living in grasslands and thickets.
Common Flat Lizard
Platysaurus intermedius Matschie, 1891
Platysaurus intermedius, the common flat lizard, is a widespread Platysaurus species with distinct sexual and subspecific color variation found across southern Africa.
Augrabies flat lizard
Platysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997
Platysaurus broadleyi, the Augrabies flat lizard, is a medium-sized lizard native to rocky habitats of Northern Cape, South Africa.
Guatemalan helmeted basilisk
Corytophanes percarinatus Duméril, 1856
The Guatemalan helmeted basilisk (Corytophanes percarinatus) is a viviparous lizard native to southern Mexico and Central America.
Hernandez’s Helmeted Basilisk
Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann, 1831)
Corytophanes hernandesii is an oviparous lizard species native to forests of southern Mexico and Central America.
Helmeted Iguana
Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820)
Corytophanes cristatus, the smooth helmeted iguana, is a non-heliothermic medium lizard found from southern Mexico to Colombia.
Brown Basilisk
Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828
Basiliscus vittatus (brown basilisk) is a lizard with distinct crests, and specific breeding patterns detailed here.
Green Basilisk
Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875
Basiliscus plumifrons, the plumed basilisk, is the largest basilisk species, an arboreal aquatic diurnal lizard native to Central American rainforests.
Western Basilisk
Basiliscus galeritus Duméril, 1851
Basiliscus galeritus is a basilisk lizard species found in South American forests, with distinct size, color, and physical traits.
Common Basilisk
Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Basiliscus basiliscus, the common basilisk, is a Central and South American lizard famous for its ability to run on water.
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