List of lizards of Colombia

The 238 lizard species found in Colombia represent 13 families. [1]

Corytophanidae

Helmeted or Casquehead Lizards
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Basiliscus basiliscusCommon BasiliskPacific lowlands (to 400 m), Caribbean lowlands (to 1200 m), Inter-Andean valleys (to 1200 m) [2]
Basiliscus galeritusWestern or Red-headed BasiliskPacific lowlands, Gorgona Island, Inter-Andean valleys; forested areas (to 1600 m) [3]
Basiliscus vittatusBrown BasiliskNorthwest lowlands adjacent to Panamaunsure distribution in Colombia
Corytophanes cristatusHelmeted IguanaCaribbean & Pacific lowlands in the north and northwest (600 - 800 m) [4]

Hoplocercidae

Dwarf & Spinytail Iguanas, Wood Lizards
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Enyalioides cofanorumCofan Wood Lizard; Duellman's Dwarf IguanaAmazon basin [5]
Enyalioides heterolepisBocourt's Dwarf IguanaPacific lowlands, Gorgona Island
Enyalioides laticepsAmazon or Brown-headed Wood Lizard; Guichenot's Dwarf IguanaAmazon basin
Enyalioides microlepisBrown or Small-scaled Wood Lizard; Tiny-scale Dwarf IguanaAmazon basin
Enyalioides oshaughnessyiRed-eyed Wood Lizard; O'Shaughnessy's Dwarf IguanaPacific lowlands (southern part)
Enyalioides praestabilisBlue-spotted Wood LizardSouthern Colombia (200–2000 m)
Morunasaurus annularisRinged Spinytail Iguana; Ringed Manticores2 records: Puerto Asís, Putumayo (240 m) & Churumbelos, Cauca (1100 m) [6]
Morunasaurus groiDunn's Spinytail Iguana; Gro's ManticoresWest slope of West Andes in Antioquia (700 - 805 m) [7]

Iguanidae

Iguanas
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Ctenosaura similisBlack or Black Spinytail IguanaSan Andrés and Providencia Islands [8]
Iguana iguanaGreen IguanaAmazon region, Caribbean and Pacific coastal regions, Inter-Andean valleys

Dactyloidae

Anole Lizards
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Anolis binotatusTwo-marked AnolePacific lowlands
Anolis radulinus-Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó)Endemic
Anolis aequatorialisEquatorial AnoleWestern foothills of West Andes (1343 – 2250 m) [9]
Anolis agassiziMalpelo AnoleMalpelo Island [10]Endemic
Anolis anchicayaeAnchicayá AnoleAnchicayá River, Bajo Calima, Bahía Solano [11]Endemic
Anolis anoriensis [12]Anorí AnoleCentral Andes in AntioquiaEndemic
Anolis antioquiae [13]Antioquia AnoleWestern Antioquia, 2200-2300mEndemic
Anolis apollinarisBoulenger's AnoleMagdalena River valley (200 – 1300 m)
Anolis calimaeAyala's AnoleWest Andes in Valle, Risaralda, & Caldas (>1500 m)Endemic
Anolis caquetaeCaquetá AnoleCaquetá (Upper Apaporis River) [14]Endemic
Anolis chlorisBoulenger's Green AnolePacific lowlands
Anolis chocorumChocó AnolePacific lowlands, Gorgona Island (20 – 700 m)
Anolis danieliDaniel's AnoleAntioquia (Urrao)Endemic
Anolis eulaemusGood AnoleWest Andes from Risaralda south (1300 – 2400 m) [15]
Anolis fasciatusBanded AnoleGorgona Island
Anolis fitchiFitch's AnolePutumayo (250 - 2000 m) [16]
Anolis fraseriFraser's AnolePacific lowlands & upper slopes of the West Andes [17]
Anolis frenatusBridled or Giant AnoleCaribbean lowlands (to 900 m)
Anolis gemmosus [18]O'Shaughnessy's AnoleWestern foothills of West Andes in Nariño (1300 – 2500 m) [19]
Anolis gorgonaeBlue AnoleGorgona IslandEndemic
Anolis heterodermusFlat Andes AnoleHigh AndesEndemic
Anolis huilaeHuila AnoleCentral Andes (Huila, Tolima) [20]Endemic
Anolis inderenae-East AndesEndemic
Anolis jacareJacare AnoleEast Andes (Norte de Santander), 1400–2000 m [21]
Anolis lamari-East slope of Central AndesEndemic
Anolis latifrons-Pacific lowlands, to 600 m
Anolis limon [22]-Northwest Colombia (Chocó)
Anolis maculigulaRueda's AnoleNorthwest Colombia (Antioquia & Chocó), to 850 mEndemic; Vulnerable [23]
Anolis megalopithecusRuida's AnoleWest slope of West Andes (Antioquia), 1900–2300 mEndemic
Anolis mentaMixed AnoleSanta Marta MountainsEndemic
Anolis mirus-Pacific lowlands & foothills (Southwest), to 1500 mEndemic
Anolis niceforiNiceforo's Andes AnolePerijá Mountains
Anolis paravertebralis-Santa Marta Mountains
Anolis peraccae-Pacific lowlands (Southwest)
Anolis princepsFirst AnolePacific lowlands (Southwest), Gorgona Island [24]
Anolis propinquus-Western Colombia (Calima River)Endemic
Anolis punctatusSpotted AnoleAmazon basin
Anolis purpurescensPurple AnoleNorthwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó)
Anolis rivalisNeighbor AnoleNorthwest Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó)Endemic
Anolis ruizi-East Andes (Boyacá)Endemic
Anolis santamartaeSanta Marta AnoleSanta Marta MountainsEndemic
Anolis solitariusSolitary AnoleSanta Marta MountainsEndemic
Anolis transversalisBanded Tree AnoleAmazon basin
Anolis umbrivagus-Santa Marta Mountains
Anolis vaupesianusWilliams' AnoleAmazon basin (Vaupés)Endemic
Anolis ventrimaculatusSpeckled AnolePacific slope of West Andes (Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Chocó), 1300–2500 mEndemic; Near Threatened [25]
Anolis antoniiAnton's AnoleWest & Central Andes, above 1000 mEndemic
Anolis auratusGrass AnoleCaribbean & Orinoquia regions, Inter-Andean valleys, to 1800 m
Anolis biporcatusNeotropical Green AnoleCaribbean & Pacific lowlands
Anolis concolorSan Andrés AnoleSan Andrés IslandEndemic
Anolis fuscoauratusBrown-eared AnoleAmazon & Orinoquia regions
Anolis gracilipesCharm AnolePacific lowlands, 20–700 m
Anolis granulicepsGranular AnolePacific lowlands, to 550 m [26]
Anolis ibagueIbague AnoleTolimaEndemic
Anolis lemurinusGhost AnoleNorthwest Colombia
Anolis lynchiLynch's AnoleSouthwest Colombia (Cauca)
Anolis lyra-Pacific lowlands
Anolis macrolepisBig-scaled AnolePacific lowlandsEndemic
Anolis maculiventrisBlotchbelly AnolePacific lowlands (Southwest)
Anolis mariarumBlemished AnoleWest & Central Andes, over 1200 mEndemic
Anolis medemi-Gorgona IslandEndemic
Anolis notopholisScalyback AnolePacific lowlandsEndemic
Anolis oncaBulky AnoleGuajira peninsula
Anolis ortoniiBark AnoleAmazon basin
Anolis pentaprionLichen AnoleNorthwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó)
Anolis pinchotiCrab Cay AnoleProvidencia IslandEndemic
Anolis poecilopusDappled AnoleNorthwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó)
Anolis rivalisNeighbor AnoleNorthwest Colombia (West Antioquia, Chocó)Endemic
Anolis scypheus-Amazon basin
Anolis sulcifronsGrooved AnoleCentral & East Andes
Anolis tolimensisTolima AnoleCentral & East Andes, Inter-Andean Valleys, 1000–2300 m [27]Endemic
Anolis trachydermaRoughskin AnoleAmazon basin
Anolis tropidogasterTropical AnoleInter-Andean Valleys, Caribbean region, 1000–2000 m [28]
Anolis vicarius-West Andes (Antioquia)Endemic
Anolis vittigerusGarland AnolePacific lowlandsEndemic
Polychrus gutturosusBerthold's Bush AnolePacific lowlands
Polychrus marmoratusMany-colored Bush AnoleEast slope of East Andes, Amazon & Orinoquia regions, Magdalena River Valley, to 1800 m [29]

Tropiduridae

Neotropical Ground Lizards
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Plica plicaTree RunnerAmazon basin
Plica umbraBlue-lipped Tree LizardAmazon & Orinoquia regions [30]
Stenocercus bolivarensisBolivar Whorltail IguanaCaucaEndemic
Stenocercus erythrogaster-Caribbean lowlands, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena River valley [31]Endemic
Stenocercus guentheriGünther's Whorltail IguanaWest Andes (Nariño), 2135–3890 m
Stenocercus iridescens-Pacific lowlands & foothills (Southwest)
Stenocercus lache-East Andes (Boyacá), 3700–4000 mEndemic
Stenocercus santander-SantanderEndemic
Stenocercus trachycephalusDuméril's Whorltail IguanaCundinamarcaEndemic
Tropidurus torquatusAmazon Lava LizardAmazon basin
Uracentron azureumGreen Thornytail IguanaAmazon & Orinoquia regions
Uracentron flavicepsTropical Thornytail LizardAmazon basin

Iguania Images

Gekkonidae

Gekkonid Geckos
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Hemidactylus brookiiSpotted House GeckoIntroduced
Hemidactylus frenatusCommon House GeckoIntroduced
Hemidactylus mabouiaTropical House GeckoIntroduced
Hemidactylus palaichthusAntilles Leaf-toed GeckoCaribbean lowlands
Lepidodactylus lugubrisMourning GeckoIntroduced

Sphaerodactylidae

Sphaerodactylid Geckos
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Aristelliger georgeensisSt. George Island GeckoSan Andrés & Providencia Islands
Gonatodes albogularisYellow-headed GeckoNorthern Colombia
Gonatodes caudiscutatusShieldhead GeckoPacific & Caribbean lowlands
Gonatodes concinnatusCollared GeckoSouthern Colombia
Gonatodes hasemaniHaseman's GeckoAmazon basin (Vaupés)
Gonatodes humeralisTrinidad GeckoEast of Andes
Gonatodes riveroi-East of Andes (Meta, Boyacá, Cundinamarca)
Gonatodes vittatusWiegmann's Striped GeckoGuajira
Lepidoblepharis colombianusColombian Scaly-eyed GeckoWest slope of East Andes, 1600 m (Cundinamarca)Endemic
Lepidoblepharis duolepisAntioquia Scaly-eyed GeckoSlopes above Cauca Valley (Valle del Cauca, Antioquia)Endemic
Lepidoblepharis festaeAmazon Scaly-eyed GeckoAmazon basin
Lepidoblepharis intermediusLowland Scaly-eyed GeckoPacific lowlands (Southwest)
Lepidoblepharis microlepis-Pacific lowlands
Lepidoblepharis miyataiTiny Scaly-eyed GeckoCaribbean lowlands (Magdalena)Endemic
Lepidoblepharis peraccaePeracca's Scaly-eyed GeckoSouthwest Colombia, 300 mEndemic
Lepidoblepharis ruthveniRuthven's Scaly-eyed GeckoSouthwest Colombia
Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartaePanamanian Scaly-eyed GeckoCaribbean lowlands, Orinoquia region [32]
Lepidoblepharis williamsi-Central Andes (Antioquia), 1800–2200 mEndemic
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigmaCosta Rican Scaly-eyed GeckoNorthern Colombia, lower Cauca & Magdalena Valleys, to 1360 m [33]
Pseudogonatodes furvusColombian Clawed GeckoSanta Marta MountainsEndemic
Pseudogonatodes guianensisGuyanese Clawed GeckoAmazon & Orinoquia regions
Pseudogonatodes peruvianusPeruvian Clawed GeckoAmazon basin
Sphaerodactylus argusOcellated GeckoSan Andrés Island
Sphaerodactylus heliconiae-Caribbean lowlands (Magdalena)
Sphaerodactylus lineolatusPanamanian Least GeckoNorthwest Colombia
Sphaerodactylus scapularisBoulenger's Least GeckoGorgona Island

Phyllodactylidae

Phyllodactylid Geckos
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Phyllodactylus transversalisColombian Leaf-toed GeckoMalpelo IslandEndemic
Phyllodactylus ventralisMargarita Leaf-toed GeckoCaribbean lowlands
Thecadactylus rapicaudaNorthern Turniptail GeckoThroughout
Thecadactylus solimoensisSouthern Turniptail GeckoAmazon basin

Gekkota Images

Amphisbaenidae

Worm Lizards
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Amphisbaena albaRed Worm LizardAmazon basin
Amphisbaena amazonicaAmazon Worm LizardAmazon basin (Leticia)
Amphisbaena fuliginosaSpeckled Worm LizardPacific & Caribbean lowlands, Madalena Valley; dry & humid forest [34]
Amphisbaena medemi-Caribbean lowlands (Atlántico)Endemic
Amphisbaena spurelliSpirrelli's Worm LizardPacific lowlands (Northern Chocó)
Amphisbaena varia-Pacific & Caribbean lowlands, Orinoquia region (Meta)

Amphisbaenia Images

Anguidae

Galliwasps
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Diploglossus millepunctatusDotted or Malpelo GalliwaspMalpelo IslandEndemic
Diploglossus monotropisRainbow Stripe GalliwaspPacific & Caribbean lowlands, Magdalena River Valley [35]

Gymnophthalmidae

Spectacled Lizards or Microteiids
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Alopoglossus angulatusNorthern TeiidAmazon basin
Alopoglossus atriventrisKeel-bellied Shade LizardAmazon basin
Alopoglossus buckleyiBuckley's TeiidAmazon basin
Alopoglossus copii-Amazon basin
Alopoglossus festae-Southwest Colombia, 10–770 m
Alopoglossus lehmanni-Pacific lowlands (Valle del Cauca)Endemic
Anadia altaserrania-Santa Marta MountainsEndemic
Anadia bitaeniataTwo-banded AnadiaHigh East Andes along Venezuelan border
Anadia bogotensisBogota AnadiaHigh East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá)Endemic
Anadia bumanguesa-Santander, 1000 mEndemic
Anadia marmorataSpotted AnadiaCaribbean lowlands
Anadia ocellataBromeliad LizardPacific lowlands
Anadia pamplonensisPamplona AnadiaEast Andes (Norte de Santander)
Anadia pulchellaRuthven's AnadiaSanta Marta MountainsEndemic; Vulnerable [36]
Anadia rhombiferaRhombifer AnadiaWestern Colombia (Antioquia)
Anadia vittataBoulenger's AnadiaNorthwest Colombia (Chocó)
Arthrosaura reticulataYellow-bellied ArthrosauraAmazon basin
Arthrosaura versteegii-Amazon basin
Bachia bicolorTwo-colored BachiaEast Andes (Cundinamarca)
Bachia flavescens-Amazon basin
Bachia guianensisGuyana BachiaOrinoquia region
Bachia heteropaLaguaira BachiaCaribbean lowlands
Bachia pallidicepsCope's BachiaNorthwest Colombia
Bachia panoplia-Amazon basin
Bachia pyburni-Southeast Colombia (Río Negro drainage)
Bachia talpaRuthven's BachiaSanta Marta MountainsEndemic
Bachia trisanaleStacy's BachiaAmazon basin
Cercosaura ampuedai-East Andes on Venezuelan border
Cercosaura argulusElegant Eyed LizardAmazon & Orinoquia regions, Magdalena & Cauca Valleys, below 1500 m
Cercosaura manicataSlender PrionodactylusWest Andes (Nariño, Cauca), above 1500 m
Cercosaura ocellataOcellated TeguAmazon basin
Cercosaura oshaughnessyiWhite-striped Eyed LizardAmazon basin
Cercosaura vertebralisBrown PrionodactylusAndes, 700–2500 m
Echinosaura horridaRough TeiidPacific lowlands, Gorgona Island
Echinosaura orcesi-Pacific lowlands (Southwest)
Gymnophthalmus speciosusGolden Spectacled TeguCaribbean lowlands, Inter-Andean valleys
Iphisa elegansGlossy Shade LizardAmazon basin
Leposoma hexalepisSix-scaled TeguOrinoquia regionEndemic
Leposoma ioanna-Pacific lowlandsEndemic
Leposoma parietale-Amazon basin
Leposoma percarinatumMuller's TeguAmazon basin
Leposoma rugiceps-Caribbean & Pacific lowlands
Leposoma southiNorthern Spectacled LizardPacific lowlands
Neusticurus medemiMedem's NeusticurusAmazon basin (Vaupés)Endemic
Pholidobolus montiumMountain PholiodobolusAndes (South), 2600–3300 m
Potamites cochranaeCochran's NeusticurusSouthern Colombia
Potamites ecpleopusCommon Stream LizardAmazon basin
Ptychoglossus bicolorWerner's Largescale LizardUpper Magdalena River ValleyEndemic; Vulnerable [37]
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalisBoulenger's Largescale LizardAmazon basin (Vaupés)
Ptychoglossus danieliDaniel's Largescale LizardNorth Central Andes (Antioquia), 1500–2000 mEndemic
Ptychoglossus eurylepis-West Andes (Southwest)Endemic
Ptychoglossus festaePeracca's Largescale LizardNorthwest Colombia
Ptychoglossus gorgonae-Pacific lowlands (Southwest), Gorgona Island
Ptychoglossus grandisquamatusCommon Largescale LizardNorthwest ColombiaEndemic
Ptychoglossus myersi-Northern Colombia
Ptychoglossus niceforiLoveridge's Largescale LizardEast slope of East Andes, Orinoquia regionEndemic
Ptychoglossus plicatusTaylor's Largescale LizardNorthwest Colombia
Ptychoglossus romaleos-Santa Marta MountainsEndemic
Ptychoglossus stenolepis-West Andes (near Cali), 1750–1900 mEndemic
Ptychoglossus vallensis-West Central Colombia (near Cali), 1000–1700 mEndemic
Riama afrania-West Andes (Antioquia), 2350 m
Riama columbianaColombian Lightbulb LizardWest slope of Central Andes, 2100–2640 m
Riama hypostictaBoulenger's Lightbulb LizardSouthwest Colombia (Nariño)
Riama laevisShiny Lightbulb LizardWest Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda), 1960–3000 mEndemic
Riama meleagrisBrown Lightbulb LizardSouthwest Colombia, 1800–3150 m
Riama simoterusO'Shaughnessy's Lightbulb LizardSouthwest Colombia, 2000–3300 m
Riama stellae-Southwest Colombia (Nariño)
Riama striataStriped Lightbulb LizardEast Andes, 2200–2530 mEndemic
Tretioscincus agilisSmooth TeguAmazon region
Tretioscincus bifasciatusRío Magdalena TeguCaribbean lowlands, Magdalena River Valley

Scincidae

Skinks
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Alinea berengeraeSan Andrés SkinkSan Andrés IslandEndemic
Alinea pergravisProvidencia SkinkProvidencia Island
Marisora falconensis-Guajira peninsula
Varzea bistriataTwo-striped MabuyaAmazon basin

Teiidae

Whiptails
Scientific NameCommon NameDistributionStatus
Ameiva ameivaGiant AmeivaThroughout except Pacific region & Guajira [38]
Ameiva bifrontataCope's AmeivaCaribbean lowlands
Ameiva praesignis-Caribbean lowlands, foothills of Northern Andes
Cnemidophorus arenivagus-Guajira peninsula
Cnemidophorus gramivagusWandering Grass Lizard [39]Orinoquia basin [40]
Cnemidophorus lemniscatusRainbow WhiptailThroughout except Pacific region & high Andes [41]
Crocodilurus amazonicusCrocodile TeguAmazon basin
Dracaena guianensisNorthern Caiman LizardAmazon basin
Holcosus anomalusEchternacht's AmeivaPacific lowlandsEndemic
Holcosus bridgesiiBridge's AmeivaPacific lowlands, Gorgona Island
Holcosus festivusTiger AmeivaPacific lowlands (Northwest)
Holcosus leptophrysDelicate AmeivaPacific lowlands (Northwest)
Holcosus niceforoiDunn's AmeivaMagdalena River valley, to 1200 m [42]Endemic
Holcosus septemlineataSeven-lined AmeivaPacific lowlands (Southwest)
Kentropyx altamazonicaCocha WhiptailAmazon & Orinoquia regions
Kentropyx pelvicepsForest WhiptailAmazon basin
Kentropyx striataStriped WhiptailAmazon & Orinoquia regions
Tupinambis teguixinColombian TeguAmazon basin

Autarchoglossa Images

See also

References

  1. "The Reptile Database".
  2. "Basiliscus basiliscus (LINNAEUS, 1758)".
  3. "Western Basilisk (Basiliscus galeritus)".
  4. "Corytophanes cristatus (MERREM, 1820)".
  5. "A new species of Enyalioides from southwestern Ecuador" (PDF).
  6. "Preliminary Inventory of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Serranía de los Churumbelos" (PDF).
  7. "Discovery of Morunasaurus groi Dunn (Sauria, Iguanidae) in Northwestern Colombia".
  8. "IUCN - Ctenosaura similis".
  9. "Equatorial Anole - Tropical Herping".
  10. "Notes on the ecology of the lizards from Malpelo Island, Colombia" (PDF).
  11. Poe, Velasco, Miyata, Williams. 2009. Descriptions of two nomen nudum species of Anolis lizard from Northwestern South America. Breviora Number 516
  12. "New Anole from Colombia: Anolis anoriensis".
  13. "A new species of Anolis of the aequatorialis group (Squamata: Iguania) from the central Andes of Colombia" (PDF).
  14. "IUCN - Anolis caquetae".
  15. "IUCN - Anolis eulaemus".
  16. "IUCN - Anolis fitchi".
  17. "IUCN - Anolis fraseri".
  18. "IUCN - Anolis gemmosus".
  19. "Anolis gemmosus - Tropical Herping".
  20. "Notes on Colombian Arboreal Trunk-Crown Anoles".
  21. "IUCN - Anolis jacare".
  22. "New Green Anole from Colombia".
  23. "IUCN - Anolis maculigula".
  24. "iNaturalist - First Anole".
  25. "IUCN - Anolis ventrimaculatus".
  26. "IUCN - Anolis granuliceps".
  27. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Anolis tolimensis".
  28. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Anolis tropidogaster".
  29. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Polychrus marmoratus".
  30. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Plica umbra".
  31. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Stenocercus erythrogaster".
  32. "IUCN - Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae".
  33. "IUCN - Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma".
  34. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Amphisbaena fuliginosa".
  35. "New records of Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820) (Squamata: Anguidae) from Urabá and Magdalena River valley, Colombia, with an updated geographic distribution map".
  36. "IUCN - Anadia pulchella".
  37. "IUCN - Ptychoglossus bicolor".
  38. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Ameiva ameiva".
  39. "Intestinal Helminths of the Wandering Grass Lizard, Cnemidophorus gramivagus (Squamata: Teiidae), from Brazil".
  40. "IUCN - Cnemidophorus gramivagus".
  41. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Cnemidophorus lemniscatus".
  42. "Catálogo de la biodiversidad de Colombia - Ameiva niceforoi".
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