Anguidae

Anniella geronimensis Shaw, 1940

Anniella geronimensis, the Baja California legless lizard, is a species of legless lizard found in Mexico.

Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852

Anniella pulchra is a small fossorial lizard from western North America, adapted to burrowing life with distinct coloration and ovoviviparous reproduction.

Anniella stebbinsi Papenfuss & Parham, 2013

Anniella stebbinsi is a legless lizard found in Southern California and northern Baja California, living mostly underground in sandy habitats.

Barisia ciliaris (Smith, 1942)

Barisia ciliaris, common names Sierra alligator lizard, is a medium-sized viviparous anguid lizard endemic to Mexico.

Barisia imbricata (Wiegmann, 1828)

Barisia imbricata, the imbricate alligator lizard, is a medium-sized endemic Mexican lizard in the family Anguidae.

Abronia taeniata (Wiegmann, 1828)

Abronia taeniata is a vulnerable eurythermic arboreal alligator lizard with seasonal changes in male testicular volume.

Abronia lythrochila Smith & Alvarez Del Toro, 1963

Abronia lythrochila is an endemic Mexican lizard species with blood-red lower labials and a prehensile tail.

Abronia graminea (Cope, 1864)

Abronia graminea, the Mexican alligator lizard, is an arboreal viviparous lizard endemic to montane highlands of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz, Mexico.

Abronia deppii (Wiegmann, 1828)

Abronia deppii is a black and white viviparous species that lives in forested mountains of Guerrero and Morelos, Mexico.

Abronia oaxacae (Günther, 1885)

Abronia oaxacae is a vulnerable endemic arboreal alligator lizard from Oaxaca, Mexico.

Abronia monticola (Cope, 1878)

Abronia monticola, the montane alligator lizard, is an Anguidae lizard species found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Abronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1872)

Abronia moreletii, or Morelet's alligator lizard, is a Central American anguid lizard with disputed viviparous or ovoviviparous reproduction.

Gerrhonotus infernalis Baird, 1859

The Texas alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis) is the largest lizard in Texas, a medium-sized species found in central Texas and eastern Mexico.

Gerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828

Gerrhonotus liocephalus, the Texas alligator lizard, is an oviparous anguind lizard native to Texas, Mexico, and Guatemala.

Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

Elgaria multicarinata, the southern alligator lizard, is a common North Pacific lizard with distinctive traits and habits.

Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838

Elgaria kingii, the Madrean alligator lizard, is an oviparous lizard native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828)

Elgaria coerulea, the northern alligator lizard, is a medium-sized lizard found in western North America that gives birth to live young.

Elgaria paucicarinata (Fitch, 1934)

Elgaria paucicarinata, the San Lucan alligator lizard, is a medium-sized endemic Mexican lizard in the Anguidae family.

Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775)

Pseudopus apodus, the legless lizard sheltopusik, has distinct traits and ecology detailed here.

Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Ophisaurus ventralis, the legless eastern glass lizard, is a North American anguimorph found in southeastern coastal plains.

Ophisaurus compressus Cope, 1900

Ophisaurus compressus, the Island glass lizard, is an oviparous legless lizard found in the southeastern US coastal area.

Ophisaurus attenuatus Baird, 1880

Ophisaurus attenuatus, the slender glass lizard, is a legless lizard endemic to the central and southeastern United States.

Anguis colchica (Nordmann, 1840)

Anguis colchica, the eastern slow worm, is a legless lizard found in Europe and Asia that closely resembles the common slow worm.

Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818

Anguis veronensis is a slow worm species native primarily to Italy, first formally recognized as a distinct species in 2013.