Lizards of Peru
Peru has several species of lizards.
Spiny Whorltail Iguana - Stenocercus crassicaudatus
List of Lizards
Family Gekkonidae - Geckos
- Collared Streak Lizard - Gonatodes concinnatus
- Amazon Streak Lizard - Gonatodes humeralis
- Common House Gecko - Hemidactylus mabouia
- Greater Dwarf Gecko - Lepidoblepharis (giant)
- Spotted Dwarf Gecko - Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
- Amazon Pigmy Gecko - Pseudogonatodes guianensis
- Turnip-Tailed Gecko - Thecadactylus rapicaudus
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Family Hoplocercidae - Wood Lizards And Clubtails
- Amazon Wood Lizard - Enyalioides laticeps
- Brown Wood Lizard - Enyalioides microlepis
Family Iguanidae - Iguanas
- Green Iguana - Iguana iguana
Family Polychrotidae - Anoles And Monkey Lizards
- Boettger's Anole - Anolis boettgeri
- Blue-Lipped Anole - Anolis bombiceps
- - Anolis cuscoensis (New species described in 2008)
- Odd Anole - Anolis dissimilis
- Slender Anole - Anolis fuscoauratus fuscoauratus
- Yellow-Tongued Anole - Anolis chrysolepis scypheus
- Blue-Throated Anole - Anolis chrysolepis tandae
- Smooth Anole - Anolis laevis
- - Anolis nitens
- - Anolis orcesi
- Bark Anole - Anolis ortonii
- Amazon Green Anole - Anolis punctatus
- Common Forest Anole - Anolis trachyderma
- Banded Tree Anole - Anolis transversalis
- Southern Monkey Lizard (Boulenger's Bush Anole) - Polychrus liogaster
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- Common Monkey Lizard - Polychrus marmoratus
Family Tropiduridae - Leaf Lizards, Thornytails, Tree and Diving Lizards
- Boettger's Whorltail Iguana - Stenocercus boettgeri
- Spiny Whorltail Iguana - Stenocercus crassicaudatus
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- Western Leaf Lizard - Stenocercus fimbriatus
- Formosa Whorltail Iguana - Stenocercus formosus
- - Stenocercus frittsi (new species described in 2005)
- Greater Ornate Whorltail Iguana - Stenocercus praeornatus
- - Stenocercus scapularis
- Tiger Pacific Iguana - Microlophus tigris
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- Southern Green Thornytail - Tropidurus (Uracentron) azureum guentheri
- Amazon Thornytail - Tropidurus (uracentron) flaviceps
- Collared Tree Lizard - Tropidurus plica
- Blue-Lipped Tree Lizard - Tropidurus umbra ochrocollaris
Family Gymnophthalmidae - Shade, Creek, Stream, Worm, Root, Ground and Swamp Lizards
- Keel-Bellied Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus atriventris
- Large-Scaled Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus angulatus
- Smooth-Bellied Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus buckleyi
- Drab Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus copii
- Western Creek Lizard - Arthrosaura reticulata reticulata
- Striped Worm Lizard - Bachia trisanale trisanale
- Peruvian Worm Lizard - Bachia peruana
- Brown Worm Lizard - Bachia vermiformis
- Black-Striped Shade Lizard - Cercosaura Ocellata Bassleri
- Glossy Shade Lizard - Iphisa elegans elegans
- Common Root Lizard - Leposoma parietale
- Common Stream Lizard - Neusticurus ecpleopus
- Elegant Eyed Lizard - Prionodactylus argulus
- Slender Swamp Lizard - Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis
Family Teiidae - Racerunners, Whiptails, Tegus and Caiman Lizards
- Amazon Racerunner - Ameiva ameiva
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- Crocodile Tegu - Crocodilurus lacertinus
- Northern Caiman Lizard - Dracaena guianensis
- Cocha Whiptail - Kentropyx altamazonica
- Forest Whiptail - Kentropyx pelviceps
- Golden Tegu - Tupinambis teguixin
Family Scincidae - Skinks
- Two-Lined Skink - Mabuya bistriata
- Black-Spotted Skink - Mabuya nigropunctata
Articles about Lizards
- Lizards from the Paracas National Reserve by Alessandro Catenazzi. Great photographs.
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- A Look at Caiman Lizards. (Dracaena guianensis & Dracaena paraguayensis) by Matt
Russell, Reptiles magazine, October 2000.
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- New Species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the Andes of Central Peru with a Redescription of Stenocercus variabilis, by Omar Torres-Carvajal, Journal of Herpetology, 2005
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- Notes on Variation in Anolis boettgeri Boulenger 1911, Assessment of the Status of Anolis albimaculatus Henle and Ehrl 1991, and Description of a New Species of Anolis (Squamata: Iguania) Similar to Anolis boettgeri, by Steven Poe1, Christian Yañez-Miranda, Edgar Lehr, Journal of Herpetology 2008
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