Dwarf & Spinytail Iguanas, Wood Lizards |
Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
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Enyalioides cofanorum | Cofan Wood Lizard; Duellman's Dwarf Iguana | Amazon basin [5] | |
Enyalioides heterolepis | Bocourt's Dwarf Iguana | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island | |
Enyalioides laticeps | Amazon or Brown-headed Wood Lizard; Guichenot's Dwarf Iguana | Amazon basin | |
Enyalioides microlepis | Brown or Small-scaled Wood Lizard; Tiny-scale Dwarf Iguana | Amazon basin | |
Enyalioides oshaughnessyi | Red-eyed Wood Lizard; O'Shaughnessy's Dwarf Iguana | Pacific lowlands (southern part) | |
Enyalioides praestabilis | Blue-spotted Wood Lizard | Southern Colombia (200–2000 m) | |
Morunasaurus annularis | Ringed Spinytail Iguana; Ringed Manticores | 2 records: Puerto Asís, Putumayo (240 m) & Churumbelos, Cauca (1100 m) [6] | |
Morunasaurus groi | Dunn's Spinytail Iguana; Gro's Manticores | West slope of West Andes in Antioquia (700 - 805 m) [7] | | |
Anole Lizards |
Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
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Anolis binotatus | Two-marked Anole | Pacific lowlands | |
Anolis radulinus | - | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | Endemic |
Anolis aequatorialis | Equatorial Anole | Western foothills of West Andes (1343 – 2250 m) [9] | |
Anolis agassizi | Malpelo Anole | Malpelo Island [10] | Endemic |
Anolis anchicayae | Anchicayá Anole | Anchicayá River, Bajo Calima, Bahía Solano [11] | Endemic |
Anolis anoriensis [12] | Anorí Anole | Central Andes in Antioquia | Endemic |
Anolis antioquiae [13] | Antioquia Anole | Western Antioquia, 2200-2300m | Endemic |
Anolis apollinaris | Boulenger's Anole | Magdalena River valley (200 – 1300 m) | |
Anolis calimae | Ayala's Anole | West Andes in Valle, Risaralda, & Caldas (>1500 m) | Endemic |
Anolis caquetae | Caquetá Anole | Caquetá (Upper Apaporis River) [14] | Endemic |
Anolis chloris | Boulenger's Green Anole | Pacific lowlands | |
Anolis chocorum | Chocó Anole | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island (20 – 700 m) | |
Anolis danieli | Daniel's Anole | Antioquia (Urrao) | Endemic |
Anolis eulaemus | Good Anole | West Andes from Risaralda south (1300 – 2400 m) [15] | |
Anolis fasciatus | Banded Anole | Gorgona Island | |
Anolis fitchi | Fitch's Anole | Putumayo (250 - 2000 m) [16] | |
Anolis fraseri | Fraser's Anole | Pacific lowlands & upper slopes of the West Andes [17] | |
Anolis frenatus | Bridled or Giant Anole | Caribbean lowlands (to 900 m) | |
Anolis gemmosus [18] | O'Shaughnessy's Anole | Western foothills of West Andes in Nariño (1300 – 2500 m) [19] | |
Anolis gorgonae | Blue Anole | Gorgona Island | Endemic |
Anolis heterodermus | Flat Andes Anole | High Andes | Endemic |
Anolis huilae | Huila Anole | Central Andes (Huila, Tolima) [20] | Endemic |
Anolis inderenae | - | East Andes | Endemic |
Anolis jacare | Jacare Anole | East Andes (Norte de Santander), 1400–2000 m [21] | |
Anolis lamari | - | East slope of Central Andes | Endemic |
Anolis latifrons | - | Pacific lowlands, to 600 m | |
Anolis limon [22] | - | Northwest Colombia (Chocó) | |
Anolis maculigula | Rueda's Anole | Northwest Colombia (Antioquia & Chocó), to 850 m | EndemicVulnerable [23] |
Anolis megalopithecus | Ruida's Anole | West slope of West Andes (Antioquia), 1900–2300 m | Endemic |
Anolis menta | Mixed Anole | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Anolis mirus | - | Pacific lowlands & foothills (Southwest), to 1500 m | Endemic |
Anolis nicefori | Niceforo's Andes Anole | Perijá Mountains | |
Anolis paravertebralis | - | Santa Marta Mountains | |
Anolis peraccae | - | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
Anolis princeps | First Anole | Pacific lowlands (Southwest), Gorgona Island [24] | |
Anolis propinquus | - | Western Colombia (Calima River) | Endemic |
Anolis punctatus | Spotted Anole | Amazon basin | |
Anolis purpurescens | Purple Anole | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | |
Anolis rivalis | Neighbor Anole | Northwest Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó) | Endemic |
Anolis ruizi | - | East Andes (Boyacá) | Endemic |
Anolis santamartae | Santa Marta Anole | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Anolis solitarius | Solitary Anole | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Anolis transversalis | Banded Tree Anole | Amazon basin | |
Anolis umbrivagus | - | Santa Marta Mountains | |
Anolis vaupesianus | Williams' Anole | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | Endemic |
Anolis ventrimaculatus | Speckled Anole | Pacific slope of West Andes (Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Chocó), 1300–2500 m | EndemicNear Threatened [25] |
Anolis antonii | Anton's Anole | West & Central Andes, above 1000 m | Endemic |
Anolis auratus | Grass Anole | Caribbean & Orinoquia regions, Inter-Andean valleys, to 1800 m | |
Anolis biporcatus | Neotropical Green Anole | Caribbean & Pacific lowlands | |
Anolis concolor | San Andrés Anole | San Andrés Island | Endemic |
Anolis fuscoauratus | Brown-eared Anole | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
Anolis gracilipes | Charm Anole | Pacific lowlands, 20–700 m | |
Anolis granuliceps | Granular Anole | Pacific lowlands, to 550 m [26] | |
Anolis ibague | Ibague Anole | Tolima | Endemic |
Anolis lemurinus | Ghost Anole | Northwest Colombia | |
Anolis lynchi | Lynch's Anole | Southwest Colombia (Cauca) | |
Anolis lyra | - | Pacific lowlands | |
Anolis macrolepis | Big-scaled Anole | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
Anolis maculiventris | Blotchbelly Anole | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
Anolis mariarum | Blemished Anole | West & Central Andes, over 1200 m | Endemic |
Anolis medemi | - | Gorgona Island | Endemic |
Anolis notopholis | Scalyback Anole | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
Anolis onca | Bulky Anole | Guajira peninsula | |
Anolis ortonii | Bark Anole | Amazon basin | |
Anolis pentaprion | Lichen Anole | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | |
Anolis pinchoti | Crab Cay Anole | Providencia Island | Endemic |
Anolis poecilopus | Dappled Anole | Northwest Colombia (Truando River, Chocó) | |
Anolis rivalis | Neighbor Anole | Northwest Colombia (West Antioquia, Chocó) | Endemic |
Anolis scypheus | - | Amazon basin | |
Anolis sulcifrons | Grooved Anole | Central & East Andes | |
Anolis tolimensis | Tolima Anole | Central & East Andes, Inter-Andean Valleys, 1000–2300 m [27] | Endemic |
Anolis trachyderma | Roughskin Anole | Amazon basin | |
Anolis tropidogaster | Tropical Anole | Inter-Andean Valleys, Caribbean region, 1000–2000 m [28] | |
Anolis vicarius | - | West Andes (Antioquia) | Endemic |
Anolis vittigerus | Garland Anole | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
Polychrus gutturosus | Berthold's Bush Anole | Pacific lowlands | |
Polychrus marmoratus | Many-colored Bush Anole | East slope of East Andes, Amazon & Orinoquia regions, Magdalena River Valley, to 1800 m [29] | | |
Neotropical Ground Lizards |
Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
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Plica plica | Tree Runner | Amazon basin | |
Plica umbra | Blue-lipped Tree Lizard | Amazon & Orinoquia regions [30] | |
Stenocercus bolivarensis | Bolivar Whorltail Iguana | Cauca | Endemic |
Stenocercus erythrogaster | - | Caribbean lowlands, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena River valley [31] | Endemic |
Stenocercus guentheri | Günther's Whorltail Iguana | West Andes (Nariño), 2135–3890 m | |
Stenocercus iridescens | - | Pacific lowlands & foothills (Southwest) | |
Stenocercus lache | - | East Andes (Boyacá), 3700–4000 m | Endemic |
Stenocercus santander | - | Santander | Endemic |
Stenocercus trachycephalus | Duméril's Whorltail Iguana | Cundinamarca | Endemic |
Tropidurus torquatus | Amazon Lava Lizard | Amazon basin | |
Uracentron azureum | Green Thornytail Iguana | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
Uracentron flaviceps | Tropical Thornytail Lizard | Amazon basin | | |
Sphaerodactylid Geckos |
Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
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Aristelliger georgeensis | St. George Island Gecko | San Andrés & Providencia Islands | |
Gonatodes albogularis | Yellow-headed Gecko | Northern Colombia | |
Gonatodes caudiscutatus | Shieldhead Gecko | Pacific & Caribbean lowlands | |
Gonatodes concinnatus | Collared Gecko | Southern Colombia | |
Gonatodes hasemani | Haseman's Gecko | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | |
Gonatodes humeralis | Trinidad Gecko | East of Andes | |
Gonatodes riveroi | - | East of Andes (Meta, Boyacá, Cundinamarca) | |
Gonatodes vittatus | Wiegmann's Striped Gecko | Guajira | |
Lepidoblepharis colombianus | Colombian Scaly-eyed Gecko | West slope of East Andes, 1600 m (Cundinamarca) | Endemic |
Lepidoblepharis duolepis | Antioquia Scaly-eyed Gecko | Slopes above Cauca Valley (Valle del Cauca, Antioquia) | Endemic |
Lepidoblepharis festae | Amazon Scaly-eyed Gecko | Amazon basin | |
Lepidoblepharis intermedius | Lowland Scaly-eyed Gecko | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
Lepidoblepharis microlepis | - | Pacific lowlands | |
Lepidoblepharis miyatai | Tiny Scaly-eyed Gecko | Caribbean lowlands (Magdalena) | Endemic |
Lepidoblepharis peraccae | Peracca's Scaly-eyed Gecko | Southwest Colombia, 300 m | Endemic |
Lepidoblepharis ruthveni | Ruthven's Scaly-eyed Gecko | Southwest Colombia |
Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae | Panamanian Scaly-eyed Gecko | Caribbean lowlands, Orinoquia region [32] | |
Lepidoblepharis williamsi | - | Central Andes (Antioquia), 1800–2200 m | Endemic |
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma | Costa Rican Scaly-eyed Gecko | Northern Colombia, lower Cauca & Magdalena Valleys, to 1360 m [33] | |
Pseudogonatodes furvus | Colombian Clawed Gecko | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Pseudogonatodes guianensis | Guyanese Clawed Gecko | Amazon & Orinoquia regions | |
Pseudogonatodes peruvianus | Peruvian Clawed Gecko | Amazon basin | |
Sphaerodactylus argus | Ocellated Gecko | San Andrés Island | |
Sphaerodactylus heliconiae | - | Caribbean lowlands (Magdalena) | |
Sphaerodactylus lineolatus | Panamanian Least Gecko | Northwest Colombia | |
Sphaerodactylus scapularis | Boulenger's Least Gecko | Gorgona Island | | |
Spectacled Lizards or Microteiids |
Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution | Status |
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Alopoglossus angulatus | Northern Teiid | Amazon basin | |
Alopoglossus atriventris | Keel-bellied Shade Lizard | Amazon basin | |
Alopoglossus buckleyi | Buckley's Teiid | Amazon basin | |
Alopoglossus copii | - | Amazon basin | |
Alopoglossus festae | - | Southwest Colombia, 10–770 m | |
Alopoglossus lehmanni | - | Pacific lowlands (Valle del Cauca) | Endemic |
Anadia altaserrania | - | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Anadia bitaeniata | Two-banded Anadia | High East Andes along Venezuelan border | |
Anadia bogotensis | Bogota Anadia | High East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | Endemic |
Anadia bumanguesa | - | Santander, 1000 m | Endemic |
Anadia marmorata | Spotted Anadia | Caribbean lowlands | |
Anadia ocellata | Bromeliad Lizard | Pacific lowlands | |
Anadia pamplonensis | Pamplona Anadia | East Andes (Norte de Santander) | |
Anadia pulchella | Ruthven's Anadia | Santa Marta Mountains | EndemicVulnerable [36] |
Anadia rhombifera | Rhombifer Anadia | Western Colombia (Antioquia) | |
Anadia vittata | Boulenger's Anadia | Northwest Colombia (Chocó) | |
Arthrosaura reticulata | Yellow-bellied Arthrosaura | Amazon basin | |
Arthrosaura versteegii | - | Amazon basin | |
Bachia bicolor | Two-colored Bachia | East Andes (Cundinamarca) | |
Bachia flavescens | - | Amazon basin | |
Bachia guianensis | Guyana Bachia | Orinoquia region | |
Bachia heteropa | Laguaira Bachia | Caribbean lowlands | |
Bachia pallidiceps | Cope's Bachia | Northwest Colombia | |
Bachia panoplia | - | Amazon basin | |
Bachia pyburni | - | Southeast Colombia (Río Negro drainage) | |
Bachia talpa | Ruthven's Bachia | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Bachia trisanale | Stacy's Bachia | Amazon basin | |
Cercosaura ampuedai | - | East Andes on Venezuelan border | |
Cercosaura argulus | Elegant Eyed Lizard | Amazon & Orinoquia regions, Magdalena & Cauca Valleys, below 1500 m | |
Cercosaura manicata | Slender Prionodactylus | West Andes (Nariño, Cauca), above 1500 m | |
Cercosaura ocellata | Ocellated Tegu | Amazon basin | |
Cercosaura oshaughnessyi | White-striped Eyed Lizard | Amazon basin | |
Cercosaura vertebralis | Brown Prionodactylus | Andes, 700–2500 m | |
Echinosaura horrida | Rough Teiid | Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island | |
Echinosaura orcesi | - | Pacific lowlands (Southwest) | |
Gymnophthalmus speciosus | Golden Spectacled Tegu | Caribbean lowlands, Inter-Andean valleys | |
Iphisa elegans | Glossy Shade Lizard | Amazon basin | |
Leposoma hexalepis | Six-scaled Tegu | Orinoquia region | Endemic |
Leposoma ioanna | - | Pacific lowlands | Endemic |
Leposoma parietale | - | Amazon basin | |
Leposoma percarinatum | Muller's Tegu | Amazon basin | |
Leposoma rugiceps | - | Caribbean & Pacific lowlands | |
Leposoma southi | Northern Spectacled Lizard | Pacific lowlands | |
Neusticurus medemi | Medem's Neusticurus | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | Endemic |
Pholidobolus montium | Mountain Pholiodobolus | Andes (South), 2600–3300 m | |
Potamites cochranae | Cochran's Neusticurus | Southern Colombia | |
Potamites ecpleopus | Common Stream Lizard | Amazon basin | |
Ptychoglossus bicolor | Werner's Largescale Lizard | Upper Magdalena River Valley | EndemicVulnerable [37] |
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis | Boulenger's Largescale Lizard | Amazon basin (Vaupés) | |
Ptychoglossus danieli | Daniel's Largescale Lizard | North Central Andes (Antioquia), 1500–2000 m | Endemic |
Ptychoglossus eurylepis | - | West Andes (Southwest) | Endemic |
Ptychoglossus festae | Peracca's Largescale Lizard | Northwest Colombia | |
Ptychoglossus gorgonae | - | Pacific lowlands (Southwest), Gorgona Island | |
Ptychoglossus grandisquamatus | Common Largescale Lizard | Northwest Colombia | Endemic |
Ptychoglossus myersi | - | Northern Colombia | |
Ptychoglossus nicefori | Loveridge's Largescale Lizard | East slope of East Andes, Orinoquia region | Endemic |
Ptychoglossus plicatus | Taylor's Largescale Lizard | Northwest Colombia | |
Ptychoglossus romaleos | - | Santa Marta Mountains | Endemic |
Ptychoglossus stenolepis | - | West Andes (near Cali), 1750–1900 m | Endemic |
Ptychoglossus vallensis | - | West Central Colombia (near Cali), 1000–1700 m | Endemic |
Riama afrania | - | West Andes (Antioquia), 2350 m | |
Riama columbiana | Colombian Lightbulb Lizard | West slope of Central Andes, 2100–2640 m | |
Riama hyposticta | Boulenger's Lightbulb Lizard | Southwest Colombia (Nariño) | |
Riama laevis | Shiny Lightbulb Lizard | West Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda), 1960–3000 m | Endemic |
Riama meleagris | Brown Lightbulb Lizard | Southwest Colombia, 1800–3150 m | |
Riama simoterus | O'Shaughnessy's Lightbulb Lizard | Southwest Colombia, 2000–3300 m | |
Riama stellae | - | Southwest Colombia (Nariño) | |
Riama striata | Striped Lightbulb Lizard | East Andes, 2200–2530 m | Endemic |
Tretioscincus agilis | Smooth Tegu | Amazon region | |
Tretioscincus bifasciatus | Río Magdalena Tegu | Caribbean lowlands, Magdalena River Valley | | |