Teiidae

Bocourt's ameiva (Medopheos edracanthus) is the only species in its genus, an oviparous teiid lizard native to Ecuador and Peru.

Pholidoscelis auberi, or Auber's/Cuban ameiva, is an oviparous teiid lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas.

Pholidoscelis exsul is a large variable-colored lizard found across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Pholidoscelis griswoldi, or Griswold's ameiva, is an endemic Antigua and Barbuda lizard with distinct color patterns.

Pholidoscelis plei, the Anguilla Bank ameiva, is an oviparous teiid lizard found on Lesser Antilles Caribbean islands.

Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus, the common ameiva, is an endemic Hispaniolan lizard where males engage in homosexual mating.

Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus is a Saint Christopher Bank endemic lizard with distinct age-related color changes.

Pholidoscelis fuscatus, the Dominican ground lizard, is a lizard endemic only to the island of Dominica.

Dracaena guianensis, the northern caiman lizard, is a mostly aquatic South American lizard now found in leather trade and pet trade.

Callopistes maculatus is Chile's largest lizard, living in low-elevation Atacama Desert scrubland and hosts a named new parasitic mite genus.

Gold tegus (Tupinambis teguixin) are black-and-gold striped lizards native to tropical forests of northern Central/South America and Panama.

The cryptic golden tegu Tupinambis cryptus is a Teiidae lizard found across northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

The Cusco tegu (Tupinambis cuzcoensis) is a Teiidae lizard found in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

Salvator merianae, the Argentine black and white tegu, is a large South American lizard that is invasive in parts of the U.S.

Salvator rufescens, the red tegu, is a rapidly growing lizard used as a model in reproductive biology research.

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