Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Iran
49
No. 2
Turkey
42
No. 3
Spain
37
No. 4
South Africa
27
No. 5
Georgia
26
No. 6
Namibia
25
No. 7
China
24
No. 8
Saudi Arabia
24
No. 9
Somalia
23
No. 10
Algeria
22
No. 11
Morocco
22
No. 12
Azerbaijan
21
No. 13
Greece
20
No. 14
Jordan
20
No. 15
Russia
20
No. 16
Egypt
18
No. 17
Armenia
17
No. 18
Afghanistan
16
No. 19
Ethiopia
16
No. 20
Italy
16
No. 21
Kenya
16
No. 22
Yemen
16
No. 23
Tanzania
15
No. 24
Albania
14
No. 25
Angola
14
No. 26
Congo-Kinshasa
14
No. 27
France
14
No. 28
Iraq
14
No. 29
Syria
14
No. 30
Tunisia
14
No. 31
India
13
No. 32
Israel
13
No. 33
Pakistan
13
No. 34
Turkmenistan
13
No. 35
Botswana
12
No. 36
Croatia
12
No. 37
Mauritania
12
No. 38
Montenegro
12
No. 39
Oman
12
No. 40
Bosnia & Herzegovina
11
No. 41
Kazakhstan
11
No. 42
Libya
11
No. 43
Mali
11
No. 44
Niger
11
No. 45
Portugal
11
No. 46
Mozambique
10
No. 47
Sudan
10
No. 48
United Arab Emirates
10
No. 49
Uzbekistan
10
No. 50
Western Sahara
10
No. 51
Bulgaria
9
No. 52
Mongolia
9
No. 53
Serbia
9
No. 54
Slovenia
9
No. 55
Tajikistan
9
No. 56
Zimbabwe
9
No. 57
Canary Islands [Spain]
8
No. 58
Kyrgyzstan
8
No. 59
Lebanon
8
No. 60
Macedonia
8
No. 61
Romania
8
No. 62
Zambia
8
No. 63
Andorra
7
No. 64
Cameroon
7
No. 65
Chad
7
No. 66
Eritrea
7
No. 67
Malawi
7
No. 68
Nigeria
7
No. 69
Taiwan
7
No. 70
Uganda
7
No. 71
Central African Republic
6
No. 72
Djibouti
6
No. 73
Japan
6
No. 74
Kuwait
6
No. 75
Senegal
6
No. 76
Ukraine
6
No. 77
Austria
5
No. 78
Germany
5
No. 79
Ghana
5
No. 80
Hungary
5
No. 81
Moldova
5
No. 82
Qatar
5
No. 83
Czech Republic
4
No. 84
Gabon
4
No. 85
Lesotho
4
No. 86
Slovakia
4
No. 87
South Korea
4
No. 88
Switzerland
4
No. 89
United Kingdom
4
No. 90
Vietnam
4
No. 91
Belgium
3
No. 92
Benin
3
No. 93
Burkina Faso
3
No. 94
Cyprus
3
No. 95
Equatorial Guinea
3
No. 96
Eswatini
3
No. 97
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
3
No. 98
Ivory Coast
3
No. 99
Luxembourg
3
No. 100
Netherlands
3
No. 101
North Korea
3
No. 102
Poland
3
No. 103
Rwanda
3
No. 104
San Marino
3
No. 105
South Sudan
3
No. 106
Togo
3
No. 107
Bahrain
2
No. 108
Belarus
2
No. 109
Burundi
2
No. 110
Congo-Brazzaville
2
No. 111
Denmark
2
No. 112
Estonia
2
No. 113
Guinea
2
No. 114
Latvia
2
No. 115
Liechtenstein
2
No. 116
Lithuania
2
No. 117
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
2
No. 118
Sri Lanka
2
No. 119
Sweden
2
No. 120
Cambodia
1
No. 121
Finland
1
No. 122
Gambia
1
No. 123
Guinea-Bissau
1
No. 124
Indonesia
1
No. 125
Laos
1
No. 126
Liberia
1
No. 127
Madeira [Portugal]
1
No. 128
Malaysia
1
No. 129
Malta
1
No. 130
Myanmar
1
No. 131
Norway
1
No. 132
Republic of Ireland
1
No. 133
Selvagens Islands [Portugal]
1
No. 134
Sierra Leone
1
No. 135
Thailand
1