Family Teiidae (Greater 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
Mexico
 54
No. 2
Brazil
 42
No. 3
Colombia
 23
No. 4
Venezuela
 23
No. 5
USA
 20
No. 6
Bolivia
 16
No. 7
Argentina
 15
No. 8
Peru
 14
No. 9
Ecuador
 12
No. 10
Guatemala
 11
No. 11
Paraguay
 10
No. 12
French Guiana [France]
 9
No. 13
Surinam
 9
No. 14
Costa Rica
 7
No. 15
Guyana
 7
No. 16
Nicaragua
 7
No. 17
Honduras
 5
No. 18
Panama
 5
No. 19
Belize
 4
No. 20
Dominican Republic
 4
No. 21
Puerto Rico
 4
No. 22
Trinidad & Tobago
 4
No. 23
Anguilla
 3
No. 24
El Salvador
 3
No. 25
Haiti
 3
No. 26
Uruguay
 3
No. 27
Antigua & Barbuda
 2
No. 28
Bahamas
 2
No. 29
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 2
No. 30
Aruba [Netherlands]
 1
No. 31
Barbados
 1
No. 32
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 33
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 34
Chile
 1
No. 35
Cuba
 1
No. 36
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 37
Dominica
 1
No. 38
Grenada
 1
No. 39
Jamaica
 1
No. 40
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 41
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 42
Saint Barthelemy [France]
 1
No. 43
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 1
No. 44
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 45
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
 1
No. 46
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 47
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
 1