Teiidae

173 species

1. 1Ameiva aggerecusans Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme, 2013
2. 2Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) · Giant Ameiva
3. 3Ameiva atrigularis Garman, 1887 · Giant Ameiva
4. 4Ameiva bifrontata Cope, 1862 · Cope's Ameiva
5. 5Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924
6. 6Ameiva fuliginosa (Cope, 1892)
7. 7Ameiva jacuba Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti & Colli, 2013
8. 8Ameiva nodam Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme, 2013
9. 9Ameiva pantherina Ugueto & Harvey, 2011
10. 10Ameiva parecis (Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Péres, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker, 2003)
11. 11Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852) · Amazon Racerunner
12. 12Ameiva provitaae Garcia-Perez, 1995
13. 13Ameiva reticulata Landauro, García-Bravo & Venegas, 2015
14. 14Ameiva tobagana Cope, 1879 · Antillean Ameiva
15. 15Ameivula abalosi (Cabrera, 2012)
16. 16Ameivula apipensis Arias, Recoder, Álvarez, Etchepare, Quipildor, Lobo & Rodrigues, 2018
17. 17Ameivula cipoensis Arias, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014
18. 18Ameivula confusioniba (Arias, DE Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)
19. 19Ameivula jalapensis (Colli, Giugliano, Mesquita & Franca, 2009)
20. 20Ameivula mumbuca (Colli, Caldwell, Costa, Gainsbury, Garda, Mesquita, Filho, Soares, Silva, Valdujo, Vieira, Vitt, Werneck, Wiederhecker & Zatz, 2003)
21. 21Ameivula nativo (Rocha, Bergallo & Peccinini-Seale, 1997)
22. 22Ameivula nigrigula (Arias, DE Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)
23. 23Ameivula ocellifera (Spix, 1825) · Spix's Whiptail
24. 24Ameivula pyrrhogularis (Basto da Silva & Ávila-Pires, 2013)
25. 25Ameivula xacriaba Arias, Texeira Jr., Recoder, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014
26. 26Aspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878) · Yucatan Whiptail
27. 27Aspidoscelis arizonae (Van Denburgh, 1896) · Arizona Striped Whiptail
28. 28Aspidoscelis burti (Taylor, 1938) · Canyon Spotted Whiptail
29. 29Aspidoscelis calidipes (Duellman, 1955) · Tepalcatepec Valley Whiptail
30. 30Aspidoscelis carmenensis (Maslin & Secoy, 1986) · Carmen Island Whiptail
31. 31Aspidoscelis ceralbensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) · Cerralvo Island Whiptail
32. 32Aspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878) · Colima Giant Whiptail
33. 33Aspidoscelis costatus (Cope, 1878) · Western Mexico Whiptail
34. 34Aspidoscelis cozumela (Gadow, 1906) · Cozumel Racerunner
35. 35Aspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929) · Isla San José Whiptail
36. 36Aspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834) · Blackbelly Racerunner
37. 37Aspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973) · Gray Checkered Whiptail
38. 38Aspidoscelis espiritensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) · Espiritu Santo Whiptail
39. 39Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956) · Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
40. 40Aspidoscelis franciscensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) · San Francisco Island Whiptail
41. 41Aspidoscelis gularis (Baird & Girard, 1852) · Eastern Spotted Whiptail
42. 42Aspidoscelis guttatus (Wiegmann, 1834) · Mexican Racerunner
43. 43Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863)
44. 44Aspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859) · Little Striped Whiptail
45. 45Aspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890) · Baja California Whiptail
46. 46Aspidoscelis laredoensis (Mckinney, Kay & Anderson, 1973) · Laredo Striped Whiptail
47. 47Aspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878) · Many-lined Whiptail
48. 48Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852) · Western Marbled Whiptail [marmorata]
49. 49Aspidoscelis martyris (Stejneger, 1891) · San Pedro Martir Whiptail
50. 50Aspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969) · Maslin’s Whiptail
51. 51Aspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1863) · Cape Region Whiptail
52. 52Aspidoscelis mexicanus (Peters, 1869) · Mexican Whiptail
53. 53Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941) · Giant Whiptail
54. 54Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952) · New Mexico Whiptail
55. 55Aspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes & Taylor, 1997) · Colorado Checkered Whiptail
56. 56Aspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967) · OpataWhiptail
57. 57Aspidoscelis parvisocius (Zweifel, 1960) · Mexican Pigmy Whiptail
58. 58Aspidoscelis pictus (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) · Isla Monserrate Whiptail
59. 59Aspidoscelis preopatae
60. 60Aspidoscelis rodecki (Mccoy & Maslin, 1962) · Rodeck's Whiptail
61. 61Aspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834) · Sack’s Spotted Whiptail
62. 62Aspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892) · Mexican Plateau Spotted Whiptail [septemvittata]
63. 63Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Six-lined Racerunner
64. 64Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe & Wright, 1964) · Gila Spotted Whiptail [flagellicaudus]
65. 65Aspidoscelis stictogrammus (Burger, 1950) · Giant Spotted Whiptail
66. 66Aspidoscelis tesselatus (Say, 1822) · Diploid Colorado checkered whiptail
67. 67Aspidoscelis tigris (Baird & Girard, 1852) · Tiger Whiptail
68. 68Aspidoscelis uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965) · Desert Grassland Whiptail
69. 69Aspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928) · Plateau Striped Whiptail
70. 70Aspidoscelis xanthonotus (Duellman & Lowe, 1953) · Red-backed Whiptail
71. 71Aurivela longicauda (Bell, 1843) · Longtail Whiptail
72. 72Aurivela tergolaevigata (Cabrera, 2004)
73. 73Callopistes flavipunctatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) · False Monitor
74. 74Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838 · Spotted False Monitor
75. 75Cnemidophorus arenivagus Markezich, Cole & Dessauer, 1997
76. 76Cnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude, 1887 · Aruba Whiptail
77. 77Cnemidophorus cryptus Cole & Dessauer, 1993 · Cryptic Racerunner
78. 78Cnemidophorus duellmani Mccranie & Hedges, 2013
79. 79Cnemidophorus espeuti Boulenger, 1885 · Rainbow lizard
80. 80Cnemidophorus flavissimus Ugueto, Harvey & Rivas, 2010 · Los Frailes Whiptail
81. 81Cnemidophorus gaigei Ruthven, 1915 · Gaige’s Rainbow lizard
82. 82Cnemidophorus gramivagus Mccrystal & Dixon, 1987
83. 83Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Rainbow lizard
84. 84Cnemidophorus leucopsammus Ugueto & Harvey, 2010 · Blanquilla Whiptail
85. 85Cnemidophorus murinus (Laurenti, 1768) · Curaçao Whiptail
86. 86Cnemidophorus nigricolor Peters, 1873 · Venezuelan Island Whiptail
87. 87Cnemidophorus pseudolemniscatus Cole & Dessauer, 1993 · Colee's Racerunner
88. 88Cnemidophorus rostralis Ugueto & Harvey, 2010 · La Tortuga Whiptail
89. 89Cnemidophorus ruatanus Barbour, 1928 · Central American Whiptail
90. 90Cnemidophorus ruthveni Burt, 1935 · Bonaire Whiptail
91. 91Cnemidophorus senectus Ugueto, Harvey & Rivas, 2010
92. 92Cnemidophorus splendidus Markezich, Cole & Dessauer, 1997 · Blue Rainbow lizard
93. 93Cnemidophorus vanzoi (Baskin & Williams, 1966) · Vanzo's Whiptail
94. 94Contomastix celata Cabrera, Carreira, Di Pietro & Rivera, 2019
95. 95Contomastix lacertoides (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) · Bibron's Whiptail
96. 96Contomastix leachei (Peracca, 1897)
97. 97Contomastix serrana (Cei & Martori, 1991)
98. 98Contomastix vacariensis (Feltrim & de Lema, 2000)
99. 99Contomastix vittata (Boulenger, 1902)
100. 100Crocodilurus amazonicus Spix, 1825 · Crocodile Tegu
101. 101Dicrodon guttulatum Duméril & Bibron, 1839 · Peru Desert Tegu
102. 102Dicrodon heterolepis (Tschudi, 1845) · Ecuador Desert Tegu
103. 103Dicrodon holmbergi Schmidt, 1957 · Holmberg's Desert Tegu
104. 104Dracaena guianensis Daudin, 1801 · Guyana Caiman Lizard
105. 105Dracaena paraguayensis Amaral, 1950 · Paraguay Caiman Lizard
106. 106Glaucomastix abaetensis (Reis Dias, Rocha & Vrcibradic, 2002) · Bahian Sand Dune Lizard
107. 107Glaucomastix cyanura (Arias, DE Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)
108. 108Glaucomastix itabaianensis Rosário, Santos, Arias, Rocha, Dias, Carvalho & Rodrigues, 2019
109. 109Glaucomastix littoralis (Rocha, Bamberg Araújo, Vrcibradic & Mamede DA Costa, 2000)
110. 110Glaucomastix venetacauda (Arias, DE Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)
111. 111Holcosus amphigrammus (Smith & Laufe, 1945) · Rainbow Ameiva
112. 112Holcosus anomalus (Echternacht, 1977) · Echternacht's Ameiva
113. 113Holcosus bridgesii Cope, 1869 · Bridges'Ameiva
114. 114Holcosus chaitzami (Stuart, 1942) · Chaitzam's Ameiva
115. 115Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) · Edward’s Middle American Ameiva [edwardsii]
116. 116Holcosus gaigeae (Smith & Laufe, 1946) · Rainbow Ameiva
117. 117Holcosus hartwegi (Smith, 1940) · Rainbow Ameiva
118. 118Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893) · Delicate Ameiva
119. 119Holcosus niceforoi (Dunn, 1943)
120. 120Holcosus orcesi (Peters, 1964) · Peters' Ameiva
121. 121Holcosus parvus (Barbour & Noble, 1915) · Rainbow Ameiva
122. 122Holcosus pulcher (Hallowell, 1861)
123. 123Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861) · Four-lined Ameiva
124. 124Holcosus septemlineatus (Duméril, 1851) · Seven-lined Ameiva
125. 125Holcosus sinister (Smith & Laufe, 1946) · Rainbow Ameiva
126. 126Holcosus stuarti Smith, 1940 · Rainbow Ameiva
127. 127Holcosus thomasi (Smith & Laufe, 1946) · Rainbow Ameiva
128. 128Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834) · Rainbow Ameiva
129. 129Kentropyx altamazonica (Cope, 1875) · Cocha Whiptail
130. 130Kentropyx borckiana (Peters, 1869) · Guyana Whiptail
131. 131Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 · Striped forest whiptail
132. 132Kentropyx lagartija Gallardo, 1962
133. 133Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893) · Boettger's Kentropyx
134. 134Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868) · Forest Whiptail
135. 135Kentropyx striata (Daudin, 1802) · Striped Whiptail
136. 136Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 · Gallagher's Kentropyx
137. 137Kentropyx viridistriga (Boulenger, 1894) · Green Kentropyx
138. 138Medopheos edracanthus (Bocourt, 1874) · Bocourt's Ameiva
139. 139Pholidoscelis alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1896) · Mona Groundlizard
140. 140Pholidoscelis atratus (Garman, 1887) · Redonda Groundlizard
141. 141Pholidoscelis auberi (Cocteau, 1838) · Auber's Ameiva
142. 142Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus (Cope, 1868) · Common Ameiva
143. 143Pholidoscelis cineraceus (Barbour & Noble, 1915) · Guadeloupean Groundlizard
144. 144Pholidoscelis corax (Censky & Paulson, 1992) · Little Scrub Groundlizard
145. 145Pholidoscelis corvinus (Cope, 1861) · Sombrero Ameiva
146. 146Pholidoscelis desechensis (Heatwole & Torres, 1967) · Desecheo Groundlizard
147. 147Pholidoscelis dorsalis (Gray, 1838) · Jamaica Ameiva
148. 148Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus (Shaw, 1802) · St. Christopher Ameiva
149. 149Pholidoscelis exsul (Cope, 1862) · Puerto Rican Giant Groundlizard
150. 150Pholidoscelis fuscatus (Garman, 1887) · Dominica Groundlizard
151. 151Pholidoscelis griswoldi (Barbour, 1916) · Antiguan ameiva
152. 152Pholidoscelis lineolatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) · Dwarf Teiid
153. 153Pholidoscelis major (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) · Martinique Ameiva
154. 154Pholidoscelis maynardii (Garman, 1888) · Great Inagua Ameiva
155. 155Pholidoscelis plei (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) · Anguilla Bank Ameiva
156. 156Pholidoscelis pluvianotatus (Garman, 1887) · Montserrat Ameiva
157. 157Pholidoscelis polops (Cope, 1862) · Pholidoscelis polops (Cope
158. 158Pholidoscelis taeniurus (Cope, 1862) · Hispaniolan Blue-tailed Groundlizard
159. 159Pholidoscelis wetmorei (Stejneger, 1913) · Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva
160. 160Salvator duseni (Lönnberg, 1910)
161. 161Salvator merianae Duméril & Bibron, 1839 · Argentine giant tegu
162. 162Salvator rufescens (Günther, 1871) · Red Tegu
163. 163Teius oculatus (d'Orbigny & Bibron, 1837)
164. 164Teius suquiensis Avila & Martori, 1991
165. 165Teius teyou (Daudin, 1802) · Four-toed Tegu
166. 166Tupinambis cryptus Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016 · Cryptic golden tegu
167. 167Tupinambis cuzcoensis Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016 · Cusco Tegu Lizard
168. 168Tupinambis longilineus Avila-Pires, 1995
169. 169Tupinambis matipu Silva, Ribeiro-Júnior & Ávila-Pires, 2018
170. 170Tupinambis palustris Manzani & Abe, 2002
171. 171Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997
172. 172Tupinambis teguixin (Linnaeus, 1758) · Common Golden Tegu
173. 173Tupinambis zuliensis Murphy, Jowers, Lehtinen, Charles, Colli, Peres Jr, Hendry & Pyron, 2016 · Maracaibo Basin Tegu Lizard

Source: Catalogue of Life 2026-10-14 via ChecklistBank (sector: The Reptile Database 2026-06), fetched 2026-10-18.