Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Brazil
 99
No. 2
Peru
 61
No. 3
Venezuela
 58
No. 4
Colombia
 53
No. 5
Ecuador
 50
No. 6
Guyana
 23
No. 7
Bolivia
 19
No. 8
Surinam
 16
No. 9
French Guiana [France]
 15
No. 10
Panama
 11
No. 11
Paraguay
 7
No. 12
Argentina
 6
No. 13
Costa Rica
 5
No. 14
Trinidad & Tobago
 5
No. 15
Aruba [Netherlands]
 2
No. 16
Belize
 1
No. 17
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 18
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 19
Dominica
 1
No. 20
El Salvador
 1
No. 21
Grenada
 1
No. 22
Guatemala
 1
No. 23
Honduras
 1
No. 24
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 25
Mexico
 1
No. 26
Nicaragua
 1
No. 27
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 28
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 29
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 1
No. 30
Uruguay
 1