Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.):
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
 52
No. 2
Guatemala
 18
No. 3
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 16
No. 4
Veracruz [Mexico]
 12
No. 5
Chiapas [Mexico]
 10
No. 6
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 10
No. 7
Dominican Republic
 9
No. 8
USA
 9
No. 9
Costa Rica
 7
No. 10
Haiti
 7
No. 11
Panama
 7
No. 12
Puebla [Mexico]
 7
No. 13
Guerrero [Mexico]
 6
No. 14
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 6
No. 15
Honduras
 6
No. 16
Michoacan [Mexico]
 6
No. 17
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 6
No. 18
Brazil
 5
No. 19
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 5
No. 20
Coahuila [Mexico]
 5
No. 21
Durango [Mexico]
 5
No. 22
Jamaica
 5
No. 23
Mexico state [Mexico]
 5
No. 24
Mexico state [Mexico]
 5
No. 25
Morelos [Mexico]
 5
No. 26
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 5
No. 27
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 5
No. 28
Vietnam
 5
No. 29
Bahia [Brazil]
 4
No. 30
China
 4
No. 31
Florida [USA]
 4
No. 32
Georgia [USA]
 4
No. 33
Greece
 4
No. 34
Greek mainland [Greece]
 4
No. 35
Guanajuato [Mexico]
 4
No. 36
Jalisco [Mexico]
 4
No. 37
Nicaragua
 4
No. 38
Paraguay
 4
No. 39
Queretaro [Mexico]
 4
No. 40
South Carolina [USA]
 4
No. 41
Aguascalientes [Mexico]
 3
No. 42
Alabama [USA]
 3
No. 43
Alagoas [Brazil]
 3
No. 44
Albania
 3
No. 45
Argentina
 3
No. 46
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 3
No. 47
Bolivia
 3
No. 48
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 3
No. 49
Bulgaria
 3
No. 50
California [USA]
 3
No. 51
Cephalonia [Greece]
 3
No. 52
Colima [Mexico]
 3
No. 53
Cuba
 3
No. 54
El Salvador
 3
No. 55
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 3
No. 56
Ionian Islands [Greece]
 3
No. 57
Macedonia
 3
No. 58
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 3
No. 59
Mississippi [USA]
 3
No. 60
Nayarit [Mexico]
 3
No. 61
North Carolina [USA]
 3
No. 62
Parana [Brazil]
 3
No. 63
Peloponnese [Greece]
 3
No. 64
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 3
No. 65
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 3
No. 66
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 3
No. 67
Russia
 3
No. 68
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 3
No. 69
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 3
No. 70
Serbia
 3
No. 71
Sichuan [China]
 3
No. 72
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 3
No. 73
Uruguay
 3
No. 74
Zacatecas [Mexico]
 3
No. 75
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 2
No. 76
Arkansas [USA]
 2
No. 77
Armenia
 2
No. 78
Azerbaijan
 2
No. 79
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 2
No. 80
Ceara [Brazil]
 2
No. 81
Colombia
 2
No. 82
Corfu [Greece]
 2
No. 83
Croatia
 2
No. 84
Czech Republic
 2
No. 85
Distrito Federal (Mexico) [Mexico]
 2
No. 86
Euboea [Greece]
 2
No. 87
European Turkey [Turkey]
 2
No. 88
France
 2
No. 89
French mainland [France]
 2
No. 90
Georgia
 2
No. 91
Guangxi [China]
 2
No. 92
Guizhou [China]
 2
No. 93
Hainan [China]
 2
No. 94
Hungary
 2
No. 95
Ile a Vache [Haiti]
 2
No. 96
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
 2
No. 97
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
 2
No. 98
Indonesia
 2
No. 99
Iran
 2
No. 100
Italian mainland [Italy]
 2
No. 101
Italy
 2
No. 102
Ithaki [Greece]
 2
No. 103
Kazakhstan
 2
No. 104
Laos
 2
No. 105
Louisiana [USA]
 2
No. 106
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 2
No. 107
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 2
No. 108
Montenegro
 2
No. 109
Nevada [USA]
 2
No. 110
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 2
No. 111
Oklahoma [USA]
 2
No. 112
Oregon [USA]
 2
No. 113
Poland
 2
No. 114
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 2
No. 115
Sergipe [Brazil]
 2
No. 116
Slovakia
 2
No. 117
Slovenia
 2
No. 118
Switzerland
 2
No. 119
Texas [USA]
 2
No. 120
Turkey
 2
No. 121
Ukraine
 2
No. 122
Virginia [USA]
 2
No. 123
Washington [USA]
 2
No. 124
Yunnan [China]
 2
No. 125
Zakynthos [Greece]
 2
No. 126
Acre [Brazil]
 1
No. 127
Afghanistan
 1
No. 128
Algeria
 1
No. 129
Andorra
 1
No. 130
Anhui [China]
 1
No. 131
Arizona [USA]
 1
No. 132
Arunachal Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 133
Assam [India]
 1
No. 134
Austria
 1
No. 135
Belarus
 1
No. 136
Belgium
 1
No. 137
Belize
 1
No. 138
Bhutan
 1
No. 139
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 1
No. 140
British Columbia [Canada]
 1
No. 141
Canada
 1
No. 142
Cayman Brac [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 143
Cayman Islands
 1
No. 144
Channel Islands (California) [USA]
 1
No. 145
Channel Islands (UK) [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 146
Chongqing [China]
 1
No. 147
Crimea [Ukraine]
 1
No. 148
Darjeeling [India]
 1
No. 149
Denmark
 1
No. 150
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 1
No. 151
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 152
Ecuador
 1
No. 153
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 1
No. 154
England [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 155
Estonia
 1
No. 156
Finland
 1
No. 157
Fujian [China]
 1
No. 158
Germany
 1
No. 159
Goias [Brazil]
 1
No. 160
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 161
Hunan [China]
 1
No. 162
Idaho [USA]
 1
No. 163
Illinois [USA]
 1
No. 164
India
 1
No. 165
Indiana [USA]
 1
No. 166
Iowa [USA]
 1
No. 167
Iraq
 1
No. 168
Isla Cedros [Mexico]
 1
No. 169
Isla Coronado Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 170
Isla Coronado Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 171
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 1
No. 172
Islas Coronados [Mexico]
 1
No. 173
Israel
 1
No. 174
Jiangsu [China]
 1
No. 175
Jiangxi [China]
 1
No. 176
Jordan
 1
No. 177
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 178
Kansas [USA]
 1
No. 179
Kentucky [USA]
 1
No. 180
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 181
Latvia
 1
No. 182
Lebanon
 1
No. 183
Liechtenstein
 1
No. 184
Lithuania
 1
No. 185
Little Cayman [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 186
Luxembourg
 1
No. 187
Malaysia
 1
No. 188
Malpelo Island [Colombia]
 1
No. 189
Meghalaya [India]
 1
No. 190
Missouri [USA]
 1
No. 191
Mizoram [India]
 1
No. 192
Moldova
 1
No. 193
Montana [USA]
 1
No. 194
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 195
Morocco
 1
No. 196
Myanmar
 1
No. 197
Nagaland [India]
 1
No. 198
Navassa [USA]
 1
No. 199
Nebraska [USA]
 1
No. 200
Nepal
 1
No. 201
Netherlands
 1
No. 202
New Mexico [USA]
 1
No. 203
Norway
 1
No. 204
Palestine [Israel]
 1
No. 205
Paraiba [Brazil]
 1
No. 206
Peru
 1
No. 207
Portugal
 1
No. 208
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
 1
No. 209
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 210
Puerto Rico
 1
No. 211
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 1
No. 212
Rhodes [Greece]
 1
No. 213
Romania
 1
No. 214
Rondonia [Brazil]
 1
No. 215
Sabah [Malaysia]
 1
No. 216
San Marino
 1
No. 217
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 1
No. 218
Scotland [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 219
Sikkim [India]
 1
No. 220
Sonora [Mexico]
 1
No. 221
Spain
 1
No. 222
Spanish mainland [Spain]
 1
No. 223
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 1
No. 224
Sweden
 1
No. 225
Syria
 1
No. 226
Taiwan
 1
No. 227
Tajikistan
 1
No. 228
Tennessee [USA]
 1
No. 229
Thailand
 1
No. 230
Tibet [China]
 1
No. 231
Tlaxcala [Mexico]
 1
No. 232
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 233
United Kingdom
 1
No. 234
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 235
Vancouver Island [Canada]
 1
No. 236
Wales [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 237
West Bengal [India]
 1
No. 238
Wisconsin [USA]
 1
No. 239
Zhejiang [China]
 1