Teiidae

Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956)

Aspidoscelis exsanguis, the Chihuahuan spotted whiptail, is a slender striped lizard with a very long tail ranging 9.5–12 inches in length.

Aspidoscelis gularis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Aspidoscelis gularis, the Texas spotted whiptail, is a diurnal insectivorous lizard found in southern North America.

Aspidoscelis laredoensis (Mckinney, Kay & Anderson, 1973)

The Laredo striped whiptail, Aspidoscelis laredoensis, is a slender long-tailed lizard with distinct pale body stripes.

Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941)

Giant whiptail (Aspidosperma motaguae) is a teiid lizard native to Central America and Mexico, invasive in Florida, US.

Aspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892)

The rusty-rumped whiptail, Aspidoscelis scalaris, is a teiid lizard found in Mexico and Texas, United States.

Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe & Wright, 1964)

The Sonoran spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sonorae) is a parthenogenic teiid lizard found in the southwestern US and Mexico.

Aspidoscelis uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965)

Aspidoscelis uniparens, the desert grassland whiptail lizard, is an all-female parthenogenetic lizard native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Aspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928)

Aspidoscelis velox, the plateau striped whiptail, is a teiid lizard native to southwestern US states and introduced to Oregon.

Aspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834)

Sack's spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sackii) is an endemic Mexican oviparous lizard with three recognized subspecies.

Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863)

Aspidoscelis hyperythrus is a striped lizard native to Southern California and northwestern Mexico with distinct color variation by age and sex.

Aspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1863)

The Cape Region whiptail (Aspidoscelis maximus) is a teiid lizard endemic to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.

Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952)

Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (New Mexico whiptail) is a slender striped lizard with a blue-green tail that darkens with age.

Aspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834)

Aspidoscelis deppii, the blackbelly racerunner, is an oviparous Teiidae lizard native to southern Mexico and Central America.

Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Aspidoscelis marmoratus, the marbled whiptail, is a slender long-tailed lizard with distinct color patterning growing 8 to 12 inches long.

Aspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes & Taylor, 1997)

The Colorado checkered whiptail is a teiid lizard species native to Colorado, United States.

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus, the six-lined racerunner, is a North American lizard with distinct stripes and spring breeding.

Aspidoscelis stictogrammus (Burger, 1950)

Aspidoscelis stictogrammus, the giant spotted whiptail, is a teiid lizard found in Arizona, US and Mexico.

Aspidoscelis tesselatus (Say, 1822)

Aspidoscelis tesselatus, the checkered whiptail, is a slender lizard reaching ~4 inches in length with variable patterned coloration.

Aspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859)

Aspidoscelis inornatus, the little striped whiptail, is a small slender lizard with variable color patterns and a long blue tail.

Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)

Holcosus festivus is a brown lizard with zig-zag back markings, found from southern Mexico to Colombia in open habitats.

Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893)

Holcosus leptophrys is a brown species with side zig-zag lines found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861)

Holcosus quadrilineatus is a brown lizard with four light back lines found in Central American open habitats.

Holcosus septemlineatus (Duméril, 1851)

Holcosus septemlineatus, the seven-lined ameiva, is a teiid lizard native to western lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador.

Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Holcosus undulatus is a brown lizard with dark zig-zag side bars that lives in litter in open habitats.