title: List of lizards of Colombia
text: # List of lizards of Colombia
  
  The 238 lizard species found in Colombia represent 13 families.
  
  ## Corytophanidae
  
  | Helmeted or Casquehead Lizards |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Basiliscus basiliscus | Common Basilisk | Pacific lowlands (to 400 m), Caribbean lowlands (to 1200 m), Inter-Andean valleys (to 1200 m) | |
  | Basiliscus galeritus | Western or Red-headed Basilisk | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island, Inter-Andean valleys; forested areas (to 1600 m) | |
  | Basiliscus vittatus | Brown Basilisk | Northwest lowlands adjacent to Panama | unsure distribution in Colombia |
  | Corytophanes cristatus | Helmeted Iguana | Caribbean & Pacific lowlands in the north and northwest (600 - 800 m) | |
  
  ## Hoplocercidae
  
  | Dwarf & Spinytail Iguanas, Wood Lizards |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Enyalioides cofanorum | Cofan Wood Lizard; Duellman's Dwarf Iguana | Amazon basin | |
  | Enyalioides heterolepis | Bocourt's Dwarf Iguana | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island | |
  | Enyalioides laticeps | Amazon or Brown-headed Wood Lizard; Guichenot's Dwarf Iguana | Amazon basin | |
  | Enyalioides microlepis | Brown or Small-scaled Wood Lizard; Tiny-scale Dwarf Iguana | Amazon basin | |
  | Enyalioides oshaughnessyi | Red-eyed Wood Lizard; O'Shaughnessy's Dwarf Iguana | Pacific lowlands (southern part) | |
  | Enyalioides praestabilis | Blue-spotted Wood Lizard | Southern Colombia (200–2000 m) | |
  | Morunasaurus annularis | Ringed Spinytail Iguana; Ringed Manticores | 2 records: Puerto Asís, Putumayo (240 m) & Churumbelos, Cauca (1100 m) | |
  | Morunasaurus groi | Dunn's Spinytail Iguana; Gro's Manticores | West slope of West Andes in Antioquia (700 - 805 m) | |
  
  ## Iguanidae
  
  | Iguanas |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Ctenosaura similis | Black or Black Spinytail Iguana | San Andrés and Providencia Islands | |
  | Iguana iguana | Green Iguana | Amazon region, Caribbean and Pacific coastal regions, Inter-Andean valleys | |
  
  ## Dactyloidae
  
  | Anole Lizards |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Anolis binotatus | Two-marked Anole | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Anolis radulinus | - | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | Endemic |
  | Anolis aequatorialis | Equatorial Anole | Western foothills of West Andes (1343 – 2250 m) | |
  | Anolis agassizi | Malpelo Anole | Malpelo Island | Endemic |
  | Anolis anchicayae | Anchicayá Anole | Anchicayá River, Bajo Calima, Bahía Solano | Endemic |
  | Anolis anoriensis | Anorí Anole | Central Andes in Antioquia | Endemic |
  | Anolis antioquiae | Antioquia Anole | Western Antioquia, 2200-2300m | Endemic |
  | Anolis apollinaris | Boulenger's Anole | Magdalena River valley (200 – 1300 m) | |
  | Anolis calimae | Ayala's Anole | West Andes in Valle, Risaralda, & Caldas (>1500 m) | Endemic |
  | Anolis caquetae | Caquetá Anole | Caquetá (Upper Apaporis River) | Endemic |
  | Anolis chloris | Boulenger's Green Anole | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Anolis chocorum | Chocó Anole | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island (20 – 700 m) | |
  | Anolis danieli | Daniel's Anole | Antioquia (Urrao) | Endemic |
  | Anolis eulaemus | Good Anole | West Andes from Risaralda south (1300 – 2400 m) | |
  | Anolis fasciatus | Banded Anole | Gorgona Island | |
  | Anolis fitchi | Fitch's Anole | Putumayo (250 - 2000 m) | |
  | Anolis fraseri | Fraser's Anole | Pacific lowlands & upper slopes of the West Andes | |
  | Anolis frenatus | Bridled or Giant Anole | Caribbean lowlands (to 900 m) | |
  | Anolis gemmosus | O'Shaughnessy's Anole | Western foothills of West Andes in Nariño (1300 – 2500 m) | |
  | Anolis gorgonae | Blue Anole | Gorgona Island | Endemic |
  | Anolis heterodermus | Flat Andes Anole | High Andes | Endemic |
  | Anolis huilae | Huila Anole | Central Andes (Huila, Tolima) | Endemic |
  | Anolis inderenae | - | East Andes | Endemic |
  | Anolis jacare | Jacare Anole | East Andes (Norte de Santander), 1400–2000 m | |
  | Anolis lamari | - | East slope of Central Andes | Endemic |
  | Anolis latifrons | - | Pacific lowlands, to 600 m | |
  | Anolis limon | - | Northwest Colombia (Chocó) | |
  | Anolis maculigula | Rueda's Anole | Northwest Colombia (Antioquia & Chocó), to 850 m | Endemic; Vulnerable |
  | Anolis megalopithecus | Ruida's Anole | West slope of West Andes (Antioquia), 1900–2300 m | Endemic |
  | Anolis menta | Mixed Anole | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Anolis mirus | - | Pacific lowlands & foothills (Southwest), to 1500 m | Endemic |
  | Anolis nicefori | Niceforo's Andes Anole | Perijá Mountains | |
  | Anolis paravertebralis | - | Santa Marta Mountains | |
  | Anolis peraccae | - | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
  | Anolis princeps | First Anole | Pacific lowlands (Southwest), Gorgona Island | |
  | Anolis propinquus | - | Western Colombia (Calima River) | Endemic |
  | Anolis punctatus | Spotted Anole | Amazon basin | |
  | Anolis purpurescens | Purple Anole | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | |
  | Anolis rivalis | Neighbor Anole | Northwest Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó) | Endemic |
  | Anolis ruizi | - | East Andes (Boyacá) | Endemic |
  | Anolis santamartae | Santa Marta Anole | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Anolis solitarius | Solitary Anole | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Anolis transversalis | Banded Tree Anole | Amazon basin | |
  | Anolis umbrivagus | - | Santa Marta Mountains | |
  | Anolis vaupesianus | Williams' Anole | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | Endemic |
  | Anolis ventrimaculatus | Speckled Anole | Pacific slope of West Andes (Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Chocó), 1300–2500 m | Endemic; Near Threatened |
  | Anolis antonii | Anton's Anole | West & Central Andes, above 1000 m | Endemic |
  | Anolis auratus | Grass Anole | Caribbean & Orinoquia regions, Inter-Andean valleys, to 1800 m | |
  | Anolis biporcatus | Neotropical Green Anole | Caribbean & Pacific lowlands | |
  | Anolis concolor | San Andrés Anole | San Andrés Island | Endemic |
  | Anolis fuscoauratus | Brown-eared Anole | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
  | Anolis gracilipes | Charm Anole | Pacific lowlands, 20–700 m | |
  | Anolis granuliceps | Granular Anole | Pacific lowlands, to 550 m | |
  | Anolis ibague | Ibague Anole | Tolima | Endemic |
  | Anolis lemurinus | Ghost Anole | Northwest Colombia | |
  | Anolis lynchi | Lynch's Anole | Southwest Colombia (Cauca) | |
  | Anolis lyra | - | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Anolis macrolepis | Big-scaled Anole | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
  | Anolis maculiventris | Blotchbelly Anole | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
  | Anolis mariarum | Blemished Anole | West & Central Andes, over 1200 m | Endemic |
  | Anolis medemi | - | Gorgona Island | Endemic |
  | Anolis notopholis | Scalyback Anole | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
  | Anolis onca | Bulky Anole | Guajira peninsula | |
  | Anolis ortonii | Bark Anole | Amazon basin | |
  | Anolis pentaprion | Lichen Anole | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | |
  | Anolis pinchoti | Crab Cay Anole | Providencia Island | Endemic |
  | Anolis poecilopus | Dappled Anole | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | |
  | Anolis rivalis | Neighbor Anole | Northwest Colombia (West Antioquia, Chocó) | Endemic |
  | Anolis scypheus | - | Amazon basin | |
  | Anolis sulcifrons | Grooved Anole | Central & East Andes | |
  | Anolis tolimensis | Tolima Anole | Central & East Andes, Inter-Andean Valleys, 1000–2300 m | Endemic |
  | Anolis trachyderma | Roughskin Anole | Amazon basin | |
  | Anolis tropidogaster | Tropical Anole | Inter-Andean Valleys, Caribbean region, 1000–2000 m | |
  | Anolis vicarius | - | West Andes (Antioquia) | Endemic |
  | Anolis vittigerus | Garland Anole | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
  | Polychrus gutturosus | Berthold's Bush Anole | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Polychrus marmoratus | Many-colored Bush Anole | East slope of East Andes, Amazon & Orinoquia regions, Magdalena River Valley, to 1800 m | |
  
  ## Tropiduridae
  
  | Neotropical Ground Lizards |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Plica plica | Tree Runner | Amazon basin | |
  | Plica umbra | Blue-lipped Tree Lizard | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
  | Stenocercus bolivarensis | Bolivar Whorltail Iguana | Cauca | Endemic |
  | Stenocercus erythrogaster | - | Caribbean lowlands, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena River valley | Endemic |
  | Stenocercus guentheri | Günther's Whorltail Iguana | West Andes (Nariño), 2135–3890 m | |
  | Stenocercus iridescens | - | Pacific lowlands & foothills (Southwest) | |
  | Stenocercus lache | - | East Andes (Boyacá), 3700–4000 m | Endemic |
  | Stenocercus santander | - | Santander | Endemic |
  | Stenocercus trachycephalus | Duméril's Whorltail Iguana | Cundinamarca | Endemic |
  | Tropidurus torquatus | Amazon Lava Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Uracentron azureum | Green Thornytail Iguana | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
  | Uracentron flaviceps | Tropical Thornytail Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  
  ### Iguania Images
  
  * Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus)
  * Helmeted Iguana (Corytophanes cristatus)
  * Blue-spotted Wood Lizard (Enyalioides praestabilis)
  * Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
  * Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
  * Fitch's Anole (Dactyloa fitchi)
  * Blue Anole (Dactyloa gorgonae)
  * Grass Anole (Norops auratus)
  * Neotropical Green Anole (Norops biporcatus)
  * Blemished Anole (Norops mariarum)
  * Garland Anole (Norops vittigerus)
  * Many-colored Bush Anole (Polychrus marmoratus)
  * Blue-lipped Tree Lizard (Plica umbra)
  * Stenocercus erythrogaster
  * Amazon Lava Lizard (Tropidurus torquatus)
  
  ## Gekkonidae
  
  | Gekkonid Geckos |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Hemidactylus brookii | Spotted House Gecko | | Introduced |
  | Hemidactylus frenatus | Common House Gecko | | Introduced |
  | Hemidactylus mabouia | Tropical House Gecko | | Introduced |
  | Hemidactylus palaichthus | Antilles Leaf-toed Gecko | Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Lepidodactylus lugubris | Mourning Gecko | | Introduced |
  
  ## Sphaerodactylidae
  
  | Sphaerodactylid Geckos |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Aristelliger georgeensis | St. George Island Gecko | San Andrés & Providencia Islands | |
  | Gonatodes albogularis | Yellow-headed Gecko | Northern Colombia | |
  | Gonatodes caudiscutatus | Shieldhead Gecko | Pacific & Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Gonatodes concinnatus | Collared Gecko | Southern Colombia | |
  | Gonatodes hasemani | Haseman's Gecko | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | |
  | Gonatodes humeralis | Trinidad Gecko | East of Andes | |
  | Gonatodes riveroi | - | East of Andes (Meta, Boyacá, Cundinamarca) | |
  | Gonatodes vittatus | Wiegmann's Striped Gecko | Guajira | |
  | Lepidoblepharis colombianus | Colombian Scaly-eyed Gecko | West slope of East Andes, 1600 m (Cundinamarca) | Endemic |
  | Lepidoblepharis duolepis | Antioquia Scaly-eyed Gecko | Slopes above Cauca Valley (Valle del Cauca, Antioquia) | Endemic |
  | Lepidoblepharis festae | Amazon Scaly-eyed Gecko | Amazon basin | |
  | Lepidoblepharis intermedius | Lowland Scaly-eyed Gecko | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
  | Lepidoblepharis microlepis | - | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Lepidoblepharis miyatai | Tiny Scaly-eyed Gecko | Caribbean lowlands (Magdalena) | Endemic |
  | Lepidoblepharis peraccae | Peracca's Scaly-eyed Gecko | Southwest Colombia, 300 m | Endemic |
  | Lepidoblepharis ruthveni | Ruthven's Scaly-eyed Gecko | Southwest Colombia |
  | Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae | Panamanian Scaly-eyed Gecko | Caribbean lowlands, Orinoquia region | |
  | Lepidoblepharis williamsi | - | Central Andes (Antioquia), 1800–2200 m | Endemic |
  | Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma | Costa Rican Scaly-eyed Gecko | Northern Colombia, lower Cauca & Magdalena Valleys, to 1360 m | |
  | Pseudogonatodes furvus | Colombian Clawed Gecko | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Pseudogonatodes guianensis | Guyanese Clawed Gecko | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
  | Pseudogonatodes peruvianus | Peruvian Clawed Gecko | Amazon basin | |
  | Sphaerodactylus argus | Ocellated Gecko | San Andrés Island | |
  | Sphaerodactylus heliconiae | - | Caribbean lowlands (Magdalena) | |
  | Sphaerodactylus lineolatus | Panamanian Least Gecko | Northwest Colombia | |
  | Sphaerodactylus scapularis | Boulenger's Least Gecko | Gorgona Island | |
  
  ## Phyllodactylidae
  
  | Phyllodactylid Geckos |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Phyllodactylus transversalis | Colombian Leaf-toed Gecko | Malpelo Island | Endemic |
  | Phyllodactylus ventralis | Margarita Leaf-toed Gecko | Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Thecadactylus rapicauda | Northern Turniptail Gecko | Throughout | |
  | Thecadactylus solimoensis | Southern Turniptail Gecko | Amazon basin | |
  
  ### Gekkota Images
  
  * Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
  * Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
  * Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
  * Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
  * Collared Gecko (Gonatodes concinnatus)
  * Haseman's Gecko (Gonatodes hasemani)
  * Wiegmann's Striped Gecko (Gonatodes vittatus)
  
  ## Amphisbaenidae
  
  | Worm Lizards |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Amphisbaena alba | Red Worm Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Amphisbaena amazonica | Amazon Worm Lizard | Amazon basin (Leticia) | |
  | Amphisbaena fuliginosa | Speckled Worm Lizard | Pacific & Caribbean lowlands, Madalena Valley; dry & humid forest | |
  | Amphisbaena medemi | - | Caribbean lowlands (Atlántico) | Endemic |
  | Amphisbaena spurelli | Spirrelli's Worm Lizard | Pacific lowlands (Northern Chocó) | |
  | Amphisbaena varia | - | Pacific & Caribbean lowlands, Orinoquia region (Meta) | |
  
  ### Amphisbaenia Images
  
  * Red Worm Lizard (Amphisbaena alba)
  
  ## Anguidae
  
  | Galliwasps |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Diploglossus millepunctatus | Dotted or Malpelo Galliwasp | Malpelo Island | Endemic |
  | Diploglossus monotropis | Rainbow Stripe Galliwasp | Pacific & Caribbean lowlands, Magdalena River Valley | |
  
  ## Gymnophthalmidae
  
  | Spectacled Lizards or Microteiids |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Alopoglossus angulatus | Northern Teiid | Amazon basin | |
  | Alopoglossus atriventris | Keel-bellied Shade Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Alopoglossus buckleyi | Buckley's Teiid | Amazon basin | |
  | Alopoglossus copii | - | Amazon basin | |
  | Alopoglossus festae | - | Southwest Colombia, 10–770 m | |
  | Alopoglossus lehmanni | - | Pacific lowlands (Valle del Cauca) | Endemic |
  | Anadia altaserrania | - | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Anadia bitaeniata | Two-banded Anadia | High East Andes along Venezuelan border | |
  | Anadia bogotensis | Bogota Anadia | High East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | Endemic |
  | Anadia bumanguesa | - | Santander, 1000 m | Endemic |
  | Anadia marmorata | Spotted Anadia | Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Anadia ocellata | Bromeliad Lizard | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Anadia pamplonensis | Pamplona Anadia | East Andes (Norte de Santander) | |
  | Anadia pulchella | Ruthven's Anadia | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic; Vulnerable |
  | Anadia rhombifera | Rhombifer Anadia | Western Colombia (Antioquia) | |
  | Anadia vittata | Boulenger's Anadia | Northwest Colombia (Chocó) | |
  | Arthrosaura reticulata | Yellow-bellied Arthrosaura | Amazon basin | |
  | Arthrosaura versteegii | - | Amazon basin | |
  | Bachia bicolor | Two-colored Bachia | East Andes (Cundinamarca) | |
  | Bachia flavescens | - | Amazon basin | |
  | Bachia guianensis | Guyana Bachia | Orinoquia region | |
  | Bachia heteropa | Laguaira Bachia | Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Bachia pallidiceps | Cope's Bachia | Northwest Colombia | |
  | Bachia panoplia | - | Amazon basin | |
  | Bachia pyburni | - | Southeast Colombia (Río Negro drainage) | |
  | Bachia talpa | Ruthven's Bachia | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Bachia trisanale | Stacy's Bachia | Amazon basin | |
  | Cercosaura ampuedai | - | East Andes on Venezuelan border | |
  | Cercosaura argulus | Elegant Eyed Lizard | Amazon & Orinoquia regions, Magdalena & Cauca Valleys, below 1500 m | |
  | Cercosaura manicata | Slender Prionodactylus | West Andes (Nariño, Cauca), above 1500 m | |
  | Cercosaura ocellata | Ocellated Tegu | Amazon basin | |
  | Cercosaura oshaughnessyi | White-striped Eyed Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Cercosaura vertebralis | Brown Prionodactylus | Andes, 700–2500 m | |
  | Echinosaura horrida | Rough Teiid | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island | |
  | Echinosaura orcesi | - | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
  | Gymnophthalmus speciosus | Golden Spectacled Tegu | Caribbean lowlands, Inter-Andean valleys | |
  | Iphisa elegans | Glossy Shade Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Leposoma hexalepis | Six-scaled Tegu | Orinoquia region | Endemic |
  | Leposoma ioanna | - | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
  | Leposoma parietale | - | Amazon basin | |
  | Leposoma percarinatum | Muller's Tegu | Amazon basin | |
  | Leposoma rugiceps | - | Caribbean & Pacific lowlands | |
  | Leposoma southi | Northern Spectacled Lizard | Pacific lowlands | |
  | Neusticurus medemi | Medem's Neusticurus | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | Endemic |
  | Pholidobolus montium | Mountain Pholiodobolus | Andes (South), 2600–3300 m | |
  | Potamites cochranae | Cochran's Neusticurus | Southern Colombia | |
  | Potamites ecpleopus | Common Stream Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Ptychoglossus bicolor | Werner's Largescale Lizard | Upper Magdalena River Valley | Endemic; Vulnerable |
  | Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis | Boulenger's Largescale Lizard | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | |
  | Ptychoglossus danieli | Daniel's Largescale Lizard | North Central Andes (Antioquia), 1500–2000 m | Endemic |
  | Ptychoglossus eurylepis | - | West Andes (Southwest) | Endemic |
  | Ptychoglossus festae | Peracca's Largescale Lizard | Northwest Colombia | |
  | Ptychoglossus gorgonae | - | Pacific lowlands (Southwest), Gorgona Island | |
  | Ptychoglossus grandisquamatus | Common Largescale Lizard | Northwest Colombia | Endemic |
  | Ptychoglossus myersi | - | Northern Colombia | |
  | Ptychoglossus nicefori | Loveridge's Largescale Lizard | East slope of East Andes, Orinoquia region | Endemic |
  | Ptychoglossus plicatus | Taylor's Largescale Lizard | Northwest Colombia | |
  | Ptychoglossus romaleos | - | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
  | Ptychoglossus stenolepis | - | West Andes (near Cali), 1750–1900 m | Endemic |
  | Ptychoglossus vallensis | - | West Central Colombia (near Cali), 1000–1700 m | Endemic |
  | Riama afrania | - | West Andes (Antioquia), 2350 m | |
  | Riama columbiana | Colombian Lightbulb Lizard | West slope of Central Andes, 2100–2640 m | |
  | Riama hyposticta | Boulenger's Lightbulb Lizard | Southwest Colombia (Nariño) | |
  | Riama laevis | Shiny Lightbulb Lizard | West Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda), 1960–3000 m | Endemic |
  | Riama meleagris | Brown Lightbulb Lizard | Southwest Colombia, 1800–3150 m | |
  | Riama simoterus | O'Shaughnessy's Lightbulb Lizard | Southwest Colombia, 2000–3300 m | |
  | Riama stellae | - | Southwest Colombia (Nariño) | |
  | Riama striata | Striped Lightbulb Lizard | East Andes, 2200–2530 m | Endemic |
  | Tretioscincus agilis | Smooth Tegu | Amazon region | |
  | Tretioscincus bifasciatus | Río Magdalena Tegu | Caribbean lowlands, Magdalena River Valley | |
  
  ## Scincidae
  
  | Skinks |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Alinea berengerae | San Andrés Skink | San Andrés Island | Endemic |
  | Alinea pergravis | Providencia Skink | Providencia Island | |
  | Marisora falconensis | - | Guajira peninsula | |
  | Varzea bistriata | Two-striped Mabuya | Amazon basin | |
  
  ## Teiidae
  
  | Whiptails |
  | - |
  | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
  | Ameiva ameiva | Giant Ameiva | Throughout except Pacific region & Guajira | |
  | Ameiva bifrontata | Cope's Ameiva | Caribbean lowlands | |
  | Ameiva praesignis | - | Caribbean lowlands, foothills of Northern Andes | |
  | Cnemidophorus arenivagus | - | Guajira peninsula | |
  | Cnemidophorus gramivagus | Wandering Grass Lizard | Orinoquia basin | |
  | Cnemidophorus lemniscatus | Rainbow Whiptail | Throughout except Pacific region & high Andes | |
  | Crocodilurus amazonicus | Crocodile Tegu | Amazon basin | |
  | Dracaena guianensis | Northern Caiman Lizard | Amazon basin | |
  | Holcosus anomalus | Echternacht's Ameiva | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
  | Holcosus bridgesii | Bridge's Ameiva | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island | |
  | Holcosus festivus | Tiger Ameiva | Pacific lowlands (Northwest) | |
  | Holcosus leptophrys | Delicate Ameiva | Pacific lowlands (Northwest) | |
  | Holcosus niceforoi | Dunn's Ameiva | Magdalena River valley, to 1200 m | Endemic |
  | Holcosus septemlineata | Seven-lined Ameiva | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
  | Kentropyx altamazonica | Cocha Whiptail | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
  | Kentropyx pelviceps | Forest Whiptail | Amazon basin | |
  | Kentropyx striata | Striped Whiptail | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
  | Tupinambis teguixin | Colombian Tegu | Amazon basin | |
  
  ### Autarchoglossa Images
  
  * Northern Teiid (Alopoglossus angulatus)
  * Rhombifer Anadia (Anadia rhombifera)
  * Two-colored Bachia (Bachia bicolor)
  * White-striped Eyed Lizard (Cercosaura oshaughnessyi)
  * Leposoma rugiceps
  * Common Stream Lizard (Potamites ecpleopus)
  * Striped Lightbulb Lizard (Riama striata)
  * Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)
  * Tiger Ameiva (Holcosus festivus)
  * Delicate Ameiva (Holcosus leptophrys)
  * Rainbow Whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus)
  * Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
  * Colombian Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
  