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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.
Diving Lizard
Uranoscodon superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Uranoscodon superciliosus, the mop-headed iguana, is a South American lizard found in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forest riparian zones.
Tropical Thornytail Iguana
Uracentron flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855)
Uracentron flaviceps, tropical thornytail iguana, is an arboreal Amazon Rainforest lizard with distinct physical traits and nesting habits.
Amazon Lava Lizard
Tropidurus torquatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Tropidurus torquatus is a widely distributed South American medium-sized ground-dwelling lizard that often lives in open habitats.
Spiny Lava Lizard
Tropidurus spinulosus (Cope, 1862)
The spiny lava lizard Tropidurus spinulosus is a Tropiduridae lizard found across parts of South America.
Striped Lava Lizard
Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825)
Tropidurus semitaeniatus, the striped lava lizard, is a Tropiduridae lizard species found in Brazil.
Black Lava Lizard
Tropidurus melanopleurus Boulenger, 1902
Tropidurus melanopleurus, the Black Lava Lizard, is a sexually dimorphic Andean lizard with distinct sex-based thermoregulation traits.
Etheridge's Lava Lizard
Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982
Etheridge's lava lizard (Tropidurus etheridgei) is an oviparous South American lizard that lives in forests and savannas.
Western Collared Spiny Lizard
Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983
Tropidurus catalanensis is a neotropical ground lizard native to several countries in South America.
Peters' Lava Lizard
Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825)
Tropidurus hispidus is the largest species in the Tropidurus genus of lizards, found across northern South America.
Cerrado Lava Lizard
Tropidurus oreadicus Rodrigues, 1987
Tropidurus oreadicus is an endemic Brazilian lizard found in Cerrado, Caatinga, and some urban areas.
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