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Families Agamidae Agamas and Dragons Alopoglossidae Fold-tongued Spectacled Tejus Anguidae Slowworms, etc. Anniellidae North American Legless Lizards Anolidae Anoles Carphodactylidae Southern Padless Geckos Chamaeleonidae Chameleons Cordylidae Girdled Lizards Corytophanidae Basilisks Crotaphytidae North American Collared Lizards Dibamidae Blind Skinks Diplodactylidae Double-toed Geckos Eublepharidae Eyelid Geckos Gekkonidae Typical Geckos Gerrhosauridae Plated Lizards Gymnophthalmidae Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus Helodermatidae Beaded Lizards Hoplocercidae Club-tailed Iguanas Iguanidae Greater Iguanas Lacertidae Typical Lizards Lanthanotidae Earless Monitor Lizard Leiocephalidae Curly-tailed Lizards Leiosauridae Smooth Iguanas Liolaemidae South American Lesser Iguanas Opluridae Madagascar Iguanas Phrynosomatidae North American Lesser Iguanas Phyllodactylidae Leaf-toed Geckos Polychrotidae Monkey Lizards Pygopodidae Flap-footed Lizards Scincidae Skinks Shinisauridae Crocodile Lizard Sphaerodactylidae Least Geckos, etc. Teiidae Greater Tejus Tropiduridae Rough-tailed Iguanas Varanidae Monitor Lizards Xantusiidae Night Lizards Xenosauridae Knob-scaled Lizards

Taxonomy of Lizards (Sauria) Bibliography of Lizards (Sauria) Species richness map of the lizards (Sauria) of the world (click on the map to see larger version) Biodiversity of lizard species How many lizard species are there in the World? How many endemic lizards are there in the World? Chronology of new lizard species descriptions Frequency (left) Cumulative frequency (right) Which countries and regions have most lizard species? Ranked list (countries, left map) Ranked list (all regions, right map)