Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Mexico
 54
No. 2
Brazil
 42
No. 3
Colombia
 23
No. 4
Venezuela
 23
No. 5
USA
 20
No. 6
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 18
No. 7
Bolivia
 16
No. 8
Argentina
 15
No. 9
Amazonas [Brazil]
 14
No. 10
Para [Brazil]
 14
No. 11
Peru
 14
No. 12
Bahia [Brazil]
 13
No. 13
New Mexico [USA]
 13
No. 14
Rondonia [Brazil]
 13
No. 15
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 12
No. 16
Ecuador
 12
No. 17
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 12
No. 18
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 12
No. 19
Sonora [Mexico]
 12
No. 20
Goias [Brazil]
 11
No. 21
Guatemala
 11
No. 22
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 11
No. 23
Texas [USA]
 11
No. 24
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 10
No. 25
Paraguay
 10
No. 26
Arizona [USA]
 9
No. 27
Chiapas [Mexico]
 9
No. 28
French Guiana [France]
 9
No. 29
Guerrero [Mexico]
 9
No. 30
Michoacan [Mexico]
 9
No. 31
Piaui [Brazil]
 9
No. 32
Surinam
 9
No. 33
Tocantins [Brazil]
 9
No. 34
Acre [Brazil]
 8
No. 35
Amapa [Brazil]
 8
No. 36
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 8
No. 37
Maranhao [Brazil]
 8
No. 38
Roraima [Brazil]
 8
No. 39
Campeche [Mexico]
 7
No. 40
Costa Rica
 7
No. 41
Guyana
 7
No. 42
Nicaragua
 7
No. 43
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 7
No. 44
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 6
No. 45
Jalisco [Mexico]
 6
No. 46
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 6
No. 47
Puebla [Mexico]
 6
No. 48
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 6
No. 49
Veracruz [Mexico]
 6
No. 50
Anavilhanas Archipelago [Brazil]
 5
No. 51
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 5
No. 52
Ceara [Brazil]
 5
No. 53
Coahuila [Mexico]
 5
No. 54
Colorado [USA]
 5
No. 55
Honduras
 5
No. 56
Morelos [Mexico]
 5
No. 57
Panama
 5
No. 58
Parana [Brazil]
 5
No. 59
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 5
No. 60
Sergipe [Brazil]
 5
No. 61
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 5
No. 62
Alagoas [Brazil]
 4
No. 63
Belize
 4
No. 64
Colima [Mexico]
 4
No. 65
Dominican Republic
 4
No. 66
Durango [Mexico]
 4
No. 67
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 4
No. 68
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 4
No. 69
Mexico state [Mexico]
 4
No. 70
Mexico state [Mexico]
 4
No. 71
Nayarit [Mexico]
 4
No. 72
Paraiba [Brazil]
 4
No. 73
Puerto Rico
 4
No. 74
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 4
No. 75
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 4
No. 76
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 4
No. 77
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 4
No. 78
Tabasco [Mexico]
 4
No. 79
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 4
No. 80
Trinidad & Tobago
 4
No. 81
Anguilla
 3
No. 82
El Salvador
 3
No. 83
Haiti
 3
No. 84
Isla Cedros [Mexico]
 3
No. 85
Margarita [Venezuela]
 3
No. 86
Mujeres [Mexico]
 3
No. 87
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 3
No. 88
Oklahoma [USA]
 3
No. 89
Queretaro [Mexico]
 3
No. 90
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 3
No. 91
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 3
No. 92
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 3
No. 93
Uruguay
 3
No. 94
Yucatan [Mexico]
 3
No. 95
Aguascalientes [Mexico]
 2
No. 96
Antigua & Barbuda
 2
No. 97
Bahamas
 2
No. 98
California [USA]
 2
No. 99
Cubagua [Venezuela]
 2
No. 100
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 2
No. 101
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
 2
No. 102
Isla Beata [Dominican Republic]
 2
No. 103
Isla San Jose [Mexico]
 2
No. 104
Los Frailes [Venezuela]
 2
No. 105
Los Testigos [Venezuela]
 2
No. 106
Providencia [Colombia]
 2
No. 107
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 2
No. 108
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 2
No. 109
Tlaxcala [Mexico]
 2
No. 110
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 2
No. 111
Utah [USA]
 2
No. 112
Zacatecas [Mexico]
 2
No. 113
Alabama [USA]
 1
No. 114
Anegada [British Virgin Islands]
 1
No. 115
Anguilla Island [Anguilla]
 1
No. 116
Antigua [Antigua & Barbuda]
 1
No. 117
Arkansas [USA]
 1
No. 118
Aruba [Netherlands]
 1
No. 119
Barbados
 1
No. 120
Barbuda [Antigua & Barbuda]
 1
No. 121
Blanquilla [Venezuela]
 1
No. 122
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 123
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 124
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
 1
No. 125
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
 1
No. 126
Chile
 1
No. 127
Coche [Venezuela]
 1
No. 128
Contoy [Mexico]
 1
No. 129
Cozumel [Mexico]
 1
No. 130
Cuba
 1
No. 131
Culebra [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 132
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 133
Desecheo [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 134
Distrito Federal (Mexico) [Mexico]
 1
No. 135
Dog Island [Anguilla]
 1
No. 136
Dominica
 1
No. 137
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
 1
No. 138
Florida [USA]
 1
No. 139
Georgia [USA]
 1
No. 140
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
 1
No. 141
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 142
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 143
Grenada
 1
No. 144
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 145
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 146
Guanajuato [Mexico]
 1
No. 147
Idaho [USA]
 1
No. 148
Ile a Vache [Haiti]
 1
No. 149
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
 1
No. 150
Ilhabela Archipelago [Brazil]
 1
No. 151
Illinois [USA]
 1
No. 152
Indiana [USA]
 1
No. 153
Iowa [USA]
 1
No. 154
Isla Carmen [Mexico]
 1
No. 155
Isla Cerralvo [Mexico]
 1
No. 156
Isla Coronado Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 157
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 1
No. 158
Isla Espiritu Santo [Mexico]
 1
No. 159
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 160
Isla Partida Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 161
Isla San Esteban [Mexico]
 1
No. 162
Isla San Francisco [Mexico]
 1
No. 163
Isla San Lorenzo Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 164
Isla San Pedro Martir [Mexico]
 1
No. 165
Isla San Pedro Nolasco [Mexico]
 1
No. 166
Isla Santa Catalina [Mexico]
 1
No. 167
Islas Coronados [Mexico]
 1
No. 168
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 169
Islas del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 170
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 171
Islas las Aves [Venezuela]
 1
No. 172
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 173
Jamaica
 1
No. 174
Kansas [USA]
 1
No. 175
Kentucky [USA]
 1
No. 176
Little Scrub Island [Anguilla]
 1
No. 177
Los Hermanos [Venezuela]
 1
No. 178
Los Roques [Venezuela]
 1
No. 179
Louisiana [USA]
 1
No. 180
Maria Cleofas [Mexico]
 1
No. 181
Maria Islands [Saint Lucia]
 1
No. 182
Maria Madre [Mexico]
 1
No. 183
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
 1
No. 184
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 185
Maryland [USA]
 1
No. 186
Michigan [USA]
 1
No. 187
Minnesota [USA]
 1
No. 188
Mississippi [USA]
 1
No. 189
Missouri [USA]
 1
No. 190
Mona [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 191
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 192
Nebraska [USA]
 1
No. 193
Nevada [USA]
 1
No. 194
Nevis [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
 1
No. 195
North Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 196
Orchila [Venezuela]
 1
No. 197
Oregon [USA]
 1
No. 198
Redonda [Antigua & Barbuda]
 1
No. 199
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 200
Saint Barthelemy [France]
 1
No. 201
Saint Kitts [Saint Kitts & Nevis]
 1
No. 202
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 1
No. 203
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 204
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
 1
No. 205
Saint Vincent [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 206
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 207
San Andres [Colombia]
 1
No. 208
San Juanito [Mexico]
 1
No. 209
Sao Sebastiao [Brazil]
 1
No. 210
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
 1
No. 211
Sombrero [Anguilla]
 1
No. 212
South Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 213
South Dakota [USA]
 1
No. 214
Tennessee [USA]
 1
No. 215
Tortuga [Venezuela]
 1
No. 216
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 217
Utila [Honduras]
 1
No. 218
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 219
Virginia [USA]
 1
No. 220
Washington, D.C. [USA]
 1
No. 221
West Virginia [USA]
 1
No. 222
Wisconsin [USA]
 1
No. 223
Wyoming [USA]
 1