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Elegant Earless Lizard
Phrynosomatidae

Elegant Earless Lizard

Holbrookia elegans Bocourt, 1874

Holbrookia elegans Bocourt, 1874 is a small gray or tan lizard with a tail longer than its body. It grows to about 3 in (76 mm) long.

Plateau Earless Lizard
Phrynosomatidae

Plateau Earless Lizard

Holbrookia lacerata Cope, 1880

The spot-tailed earless lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) is a phrynosomatid lizard native to northern Mexico and south-central Texas, US.

Southern Earless Lizard
Phrynosomatidae

Southern Earless Lizard

Holbrookia subcaudalis Axtell, 1956

Holbrookia subcaudalis, the southern spot-tailed earless lizard, is a small oviparous lizard found in southern Texas and northern Mexico.

Boulenger's Monkey Lizard
Polychrotidae

Boulenger's Monkey Lizard

Polychrus liogaster Boulenger, 1908

Polychrus liogaster is an arboreal, diurnal endemic lizard species native to the western Amazon rainforest.

Berthold's Monkey Lizard
Polychrotidae

Berthold's Monkey Lizard

Polychrus gutturosus Berthold, 1846

Polychrus gutturosus, or Berthold's bush anole, is an insectivorous climbing lizard native to tropical Central and South America.

Brazilian Monkey Lizard
Polychrotidae

Brazilian Monkey Lizard

Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825

Polychrus acutirostris, the sloth lizard, is a slow South American lizard that can change color and is threatened by habitat loss.

Common Monkey Lizard
Polychrotidae

Common Monkey Lizard

Polychrus marmoratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Polychrus marmoratus is a medium-sized lizard that preys on invertebrates and inhabits semi-deciduous forests across parts of the Americas.

Audubon's Multicolored Lizard
Polychrotidae

Audubon's Multicolored Lizard

Polychrus auduboni (Hallowell, 1845)

Polychrus auduboni is an anole species native to Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, living in forests and shrublands.

Chinese Ateuchosaurus
Scincidae

Chinese Ateuchosaurus

Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845

Ateuchosaurus chinensis (Chinese short-limbed skink) is an oviparous terrestrial skink endemic to China and Vietnam.

Giant Legless Skink
Scincidae

Giant Legless Skink

Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849

Acontias plumbeus, the giant legless skink, is a Scincidae lizard found in southern Africa with recognized morphological color variation.

Cape Legless Skink
Scincidae

Cape Legless Skink

Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acontias meleagris is a spotted striped burrowing reptile found in southern Cape, South Africa, that gives birth to 2-4 young in summer.

Eastern Cape Legless Skink
Scincidae

Eastern Cape Legless Skink

Acontias orientalis Hewitt, 1937

Acontias orientalis is a burrowing scincid lizard species endemic to South Africa.

Striped Legless Skink
Scincidae

Striped Legless Skink

Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879

Acontias lineatus is a scincid lizard species found in South Africa and Namibia, with two common names.

Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink
Scincidae

Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink

Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier, 1816)

Typhlosaurus caecus, or southern/Cuvier's blind legless skink, is a scincid lizard species endemic to South Africa.

Sundevall's Writhing Skink
Scincidae

Sundevall's Writhing Skink

Mochlus sundevallii (Smith, 1849)

Mochlus sundevallii is an oviparous African reptile found across a range of savanna, shrubland, and forest habitats.

Linnaeus' Writhing Skink
Scincidae

Linnaeus' Writhing Skink

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lygosoma quadrupes is a widely distributed skink species found across southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

Siamese Supple Skink
Scincidae

Siamese Supple Skink

Lygosoma siamense Siler, Heitz, Davis, Freitas, Aowphol, Termprayoon & Grismer, 2018

The Siamese supple skink, Lygosoma siamense, is a skink species found across parts of mainland Southeast Asia and Peninsular Malaysia.

Emerald Tree Skink
Scincidae

Emerald Tree Skink

Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1829)

Lamprolepis smaragdina, the emerald tree skink, is an oviparous arboreal lizard found across parts of the Indo-Pacific.

White-spotted Supple Skink
Scincidae

White-spotted Supple Skink

Riopa albopunctata (Gray, 1846)

Riopa albopunctata, the white-spotted supple skink, is a small South Asian lizard with distinct scaled features and color patterning.

Common Dotted Garden Skink
Scincidae

Common Dotted Garden Skink

Riopa punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Riopa punctata is a skink species with age-dependent color patterning found across South and parts of Southeast Asia.

Bowring’s Supple Skink
Scincidae

Bowring’s Supple Skink

Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)

Subdoluseps bowringii, or Bowring's supple skink, is a native Southeast Asian skink lizard species.

Straight-browed Ctenotus
Scincidae

Straight-browed Ctenotus

Ctenotus spaldingi (Macleay, 1877)

Ctenotus spaldingi is an Australian oviparous skink frequently confused with the related species Ctenotus robustus.

Barred Wedgesnout Ctenotus
Scincidae

Barred Wedgesnout Ctenotus

Ctenotus schomburgkii (Peters, 1863)

Ctenotus schomburgkii is a small adaptable Australian ectothermic skink strongly associated with spinifex grass.

Robust Ctenotus
Scincidae

Robust Ctenotus

Ctenotus robustus Storr, 1970

Ctenotus robustus, the eastern striped skink, is a large diurnal skink species found across Australia.

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