Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled 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
Brazil
 99
No. 2
Peru
 61
No. 3
Venezuela
 58
No. 4
Colombia
 53
No. 5
Ecuador
 50
No. 6
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 50
No. 7
Amazonas [Brazil]
 35
No. 8
Bahia [Brazil]
 32
No. 9
Para [Brazil]
 30
No. 10
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 26
No. 11
Guyana
 23
No. 12
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 22
No. 13
Rondonia [Brazil]
 22
No. 14
Bolivia
 19
No. 15
Amapa [Brazil]
 17
No. 16
Surinam
 16
No. 17
French Guiana [France]
 15
No. 18
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 14
No. 19
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 14
No. 20
Roraima [Brazil]
 13
No. 21
Tocantins [Brazil]
 13
No. 22
Acre [Brazil]
 11
No. 23
Ceara [Brazil]
 11
No. 24
Goias [Brazil]
 11
No. 25
Panama
 11
No. 26
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 10
No. 27
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 9
No. 28
Piaui [Brazil]
 9
No. 29
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 8
No. 30
Maranhao [Brazil]
 8
No. 31
Paraiba [Brazil]
 8
No. 32
Sergipe [Brazil]
 8
No. 33
Alagoas [Brazil]
 7
No. 34
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 7
No. 35
Paraguay
 7
No. 36
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 7
No. 37
Argentina
 6
No. 38
Anavilhanas Archipelago [Brazil]
 5
No. 39
Costa Rica
 5
No. 40
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 5
No. 41
Trinidad & Tobago
 5
No. 42
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 4
No. 43
Parana [Brazil]
 4
No. 44
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 4
No. 45
Margarita [Venezuela]
 3
No. 46
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 3
No. 47
Aruba [Netherlands]
 2
No. 48
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
 2
No. 49
Islas las Aves [Venezuela]
 2
No. 50
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 2
No. 51
Barbareta [Honduras]
 1
No. 52
Belize
 1
No. 53
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 54
Chiapas [Mexico]
 1
No. 55
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 56
Dominica
 1
No. 57
El Salvador
 1
No. 58
Grenada
 1
No. 59
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 60
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 61
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 62
Guatemala
 1
No. 63
Honduras
 1
No. 64
Isla Morat [Honduras]
 1
No. 65
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 66
Los Hermanos [Venezuela]
 1
No. 67
Maria Islands [Saint Lucia]
 1
No. 68
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 69
Mexico
 1
No. 70
Nicaragua
 1
No. 71
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 1
No. 72
Providencia [Colombia]
 1
No. 73
Queimada Grande [Brazil]
 1
No. 74
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 75
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 76
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 77
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 1
No. 78
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 1
No. 79
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 80
Uruguay
 1
No. 81
Utila [Honduras]
 1