Gymnophthalmidae Family
The Ruthven'S Anadia (Anadia pulchella Ruthven, 1926) is a fascinating member of the animal kingdom representing unique evolutionary adaptations. This...
416 species in this family.391 species in this category
Peters' Anadia (Anadia petersi) - Facts & Information
Anadia petersi Oftedal, 1974
Animal (Rondonops xanthomystax) - Facts & Information
Rondonops xanthomystax Colli, Hoogmoed, Cannatella, Cassimiro, Gomes, Ghellere, Sales-Nunes, Pellegrino, Salerno, Marques De Souza & Rodrigues, 2015
Spotted Sun Tegus (Euspondylus maculatus) - Facts & Information
Euspondylus maculatus Tschudi, 1845
Animal (Euspondylus nellycarrillae) - Facts & Information
Euspondylus nellycarrillae Köhler & Lehr, 2004
Lagartinho-Do-Folhiço; Lagartinho-Do-Rabo-Grande; Lagartixa-De-Quatro-Listras; Lined Many-Fingered Teiid (Cercosaura quadrilineata) - Facts & Information
Cercosaura quadrilineata Boettger, 1876
Animal (Bachia lineata) - Facts & Information
Bachia lineata Boulenger, 1903
Animal (Proctoporus laudahnae) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus laudahnae Köhler & Lehr, 2004
Animal (Echinosaura embera) - Facts & Information
Echinosaura embera Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza, 2025
Kizorian'S Lightbulb Lizard (Riama cashcaensis) - Facts & Information
Riama cashcaensis (Kizirian & Coloma, 1991)
Psilophthalmus (Psilops paeminosus) - Facts & Information
Psilops paeminosus (Rodrigues, 1991)
Animal (Aspidolaemus Peters) - Facts & Information
Aspidolaemus Peters, 1863
Boulenger'S Lightbulb Lizard (Andinosaura hyposticta) - Facts & Information
Andinosaura hyposticta (Boulenger, 1902)
Animal (Teuchocercus) - Facts & Information
Teuchocercus Fritts & Smith, 1969
Lesser Microteiid (Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus) - Facts & Information
Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991
Animal (Anadia hollandi) - Facts & Information
Anadia hollandi Amézquita, Daza, Barragán-Contreras, Orejuela, Barrientos & Mazariegos, 2022
Animal (Alopoglossus Ribeiro-Júnior) - Facts & Information
Alopoglossus Ribeiro-Júnior, 2018
Animal (Selvasaura candesi) - Facts & Information
Selvasaura candesi Chávez, García-Ayachi & Catenazzi, 2023
Animal (Potamites) - Facts & Information
Potamites Doan & Castoe, 2005
Animal (Scolecosaurus Boulenger) - Facts & Information
Scolecosaurus Boulenger, 1885
Two-Banded Anadia (Anadia bitaeniata) - Facts & Information
Anadia bitaeniata Boulenger, 1903
Key Tegu; Lagartija Minadora Tropical (Echinosaura keyi) - Facts & Information
Echinosaura keyi (Fritts & Smith, 1969)
Lagarto-Da-Terra; White-Striped Eyed Lizard (Cercosaura oshaughnessyi) - Facts & Information
Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885)
Animal (Lepidosoma Wagler) - Facts & Information
Lepidosoma Wagler, 1830
Gymnophthalme De Plée; Gymnophthalme De Plée (Le); Rough-Scaled Tegulet; Rough-Scaled Worm Lizard (Gymnophthalmus pleii) - Facts & Information
Gymnophthalmus pleii Bocourt, 1881
Animal (Echinosaura Boulenger) - Facts & Information
Echinosaura Boulenger, 1890
Chaco Colobosaura (Colobosaura kraepelini) - Facts & Information
Colobosaura kraepelini (Werner, 1910)
Ocellated Anadia (Anadia ocellata) - Facts & Information
Anadia ocellata Gray, 1845
Six-Scaled Tegu (Loxopholis hexalepis) - Facts & Information
Loxopholis hexalepis (Ayala & Harris, 1982)
White'S Bachia; White’S Bachia (Bachia whitei) - Facts & Information
Bachia whitei Murphy, Salvi, Santos, Braswell, Charles, Borzée & Jowers, 2019
Animal (Andinosaura vieta) - Facts & Information
Andinosaura vieta (Kizirian, 1996)
Bahia Colobosaura; Briba; Calango-Cobra; Calanguinho; Lagartinho; Lagartinho-Do-Folhiço; Lagarto; Lagarto-Do-Folhiço (Colobosaura modesta) - Facts & Information
Colobosaura modesta (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
Animal (Riolama inopinata) - Facts & Information
Riolama inopinata Kok, 2015
Calango; Lagartixa; Lagarto; Muller'S Tegu (Loxopholis percarinatum) - Facts & Information
Loxopholis percarinatum (Müller, 1923)
Cuilanes De Franjas Verdes; Green-Striped Cuilanes (Pholidobolus samek) - Facts & Information
Pholidobolus samek Parra, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2020
Peru Bachia (Bachia peruana) - Facts & Information
Bachia peruana (Werner, 1901)
Animal (Pholidobolus ulisesi) - Facts & Information
Pholidobolus ulisesi Venegas, Chevarría, Lobos, Sales-Nunes & Torres-Carvajal, 2016
Animal (Proctoporus optimus) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus optimus Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui & Catenazzi, 2022
Animal (Propus Cope) - Facts & Information
Propus Cope, 1874
Animal (Potamites montanicola) - Facts & Information
Potamites montanicola Chávez & Vásquez, 2012
Lagartinho-Do-Folhiço (Loxopholis osvaldoi) - Facts & Information
Loxopholis osvaldoi (Avila-Pires, 1995)
Calango; Calango-Do-Rabo-Azul; Lagartixa; Oriximina Lizard (Tretioscincus oriximinensis) - Facts & Information
Tretioscincus oriximinensis Avila-Pires, 1995
Cercosaure Aux Cent Yeux; Cercosaure Aux Cent Yeux (Le); Elegant Eyed Lizard; Lagarto-Do-Folhiço; White-Lipped Cercosaura; White-Lipped Prionodactylus (Cercosaura argulus) - Facts & Information
Cercosaura argulus Peters, 1862
Animal (Andinosaura Sánchez-Pacheco) - Facts & Information
Andinosaura Sánchez-Pacheco, Torres-Carvajal, Aguirre-Peñafiel, Nunes, Verrastro, Rivas, Rodrigues et al., 2018
Animal (Scriptosaura catimbau) - Facts & Information
Scriptosaura catimbau Rodrigues & Maranhão Dos Santos, 2008
Briba; Calango-Do-Rabo-Azul; Calanguinho-De-Rabo-Azul; Lagarto-Cauda-Azul; Piolho-De-Cobra (Micrablepharus maximiliani) - Facts & Information
Micrablepharus maximiliani (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
Animal (Pantepuisaurus Kok) - Facts & Information
Pantepuisaurus Kok, 2009
Lagartinho; Skink Tegu; Teiú-Pigmeu (Leposoma scincoides) - Facts & Information
Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825
Animal (Oreosaurus serranus) - Facts & Information
Oreosaurus serranus Sánchez-Pacheco, Sales-Nunes, Marques-Souza, Rodrigues & Murphy, 2017
Rodrigues' Four-Fingered Teiid (Procellosaurinus tetradactylus) - Facts & Information
Procellosaurinus tetradactylus Rodrigues, 1991
Lagartija Andina De Machu Picchu; Machu Picchu Andean Lizard (Proctoporus machupicchu) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus machupicchu Mamani, Goicoechea & Chaparro, 2015
Cope'S Bachia (Bachia pallidiceps) - Facts & Information
Bachia pallidiceps (Cope, 1862)
Animal (Riama balneator) - Facts & Information
Riama balneator (Kizirian, 1996)
Gymnophthalme D'Underwood; Gymnophthalme D'Underwood (Le); Smooth Wormlizard; Smooth-Scaled Tegulet; Underwcod'S Spectaded Tegu; Underwood'S Spectacled Tegu; Underwood'S Spectaded Tegu; Underwood’S Spectacled Tegu; Wormlizard (Gymnophthalmus underwoodi) - Facts & Information
Gymnophthalmus underwoodi Grant, 1958
Palmer'S Teiid; Palmer’S Teiid (Echinosaura palmeri) - Facts & Information
Echinosaura palmeri Boulenger, 1911
Animal (Echinosaura orcesi) - Facts & Information
Echinosaura orcesi Fritts, Almendáriz & Samec, 2002
Animal (Nothobachia Rodrigues) - Facts & Information
Nothobachia Rodrigues, 1984
Animal (Bachia geralista) - Facts & Information
Bachia geralista Teixeira, Sousa-Recoder, Camacho, DE Sena, Navas & Rodrigues, 2013
Briba; Calango-Que-Vira-Cobra; Cobra-De-Pé; Cobra-De-Vidro; Cobrinha; Lund'S Teiid (Heterodactylus lundii) - Facts & Information
Heterodactylus lundii Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862
Briba (Gymnophthalmus vanzoi) - Facts & Information
Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999
Animal (Euspondylus excelsum) - Facts & Information
Euspondylus excelsum Chávez, Catenazzi & Venegas, 2017
Animal (Yanomamia hoogmoedi) - Facts & Information
Yanomamia hoogmoedi (Kok, 2008)
Marcela’S Bachia; Marcela’S Worm Lizard (Bachia marcelae) - Facts & Information
Bachia marcelae Donoso-Barros & Garrido, 1964
Common Stream Lizard (Potamites ecpleopus) - Facts & Information
Potamites ecpleopus (Cope, 1875)
Animal (Proctoporus carabaya) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus carabaya Goicoechea, Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher & de la Riva, 2013
Animal (Arthrosaura testigensis) - Facts & Information
Arthrosaura testigensis Gorzula & Senaris, 1999
Calango-Do-Rabo-Vermelho; Calanguinho-Do-Rabo-Vermelho; Lagartinho; Lagarto-De-Rabo-Vermelho; Piolho-De-Cobra (Vanzosaura multiscutata) - Facts & Information
Vanzosaura multiscutata (Amaral, 1933)
Animal (Iphisa dorothy) - Facts & Information
Iphisa dorothy Mello, Recoder, Fouquet, Rodrigues & Nunes, 2023
Animal (BOLDADR) - Facts & Information
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Animal (Proctoporus katerynae) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus katerynae Mamani, Cruz, Mallqui & Catenazzi, 2022
Parker'S Pholidobolus; Parker'S Pholiodobolus (Macropholidus annectens) - Facts & Information
Macropholidus annectens Parker, 1930
Briba; Calango; Calango-Cobra; Glossy Shade Lizard; Iphise Élégante; Iphise Élégante (L'); Lagartinho-De-Folhiço; Lagartixa; Lagarto-Da-Terra; Lagarto-De-Folhiço (Iphisa elegans) - Facts & Information
Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851
Animal (Riolama grandis) - Facts & Information
Riolama grandis Recoder, Prates, Marques-Souza, Camacho, Sales-Nunes, Vechio, Ghellere, Mcdiarmid & Rodrigues, 2020
Rio De Janeiro Teiid (Heterodactylus imbricatus) - Facts & Information
Heterodactylus imbricatus Spix, 1825
Animal (Leposoma Spix) - Facts & Information
Leposoma Spix, 1825
Animal (Amapasaurus Cunha) - Facts & Information
Amapasaurus Cunha, 1970
Animal (Dryadosaura Rodrigues) - Facts & Information
Dryadosaura Rodrigues, Xavier Freire, Machado Pellegrino & Sites, 2005
Animal (Centrosaura Vásquez-Restrepo) - Facts & Information
Centrosaura Vásquez-Restrepo, Ibáñez, Sánchez-Pacheco & Daza, 2019
Animal (Iphisa elegans) - Facts & Information
Iphisa elegans elegans Gray, 1851
Trinidad Bachia; Trinidad Worm Lizard (Bachia trinitatis) - Facts & Information
Bachia trinitatis (Barbour, 1914)
Animal (Cercosaura pacha) - Facts & Information
Cercosaura pacha Mamani, Chaparro, Correa, Alarcón, Salas & Catenazzi, 2020
Animal (Hylosaurus Müller) - Facts & Information
Hylosaurus Müller, 1923
Noble'S Bachia (Bachia intermedia) - Facts & Information
Bachia intermedia Noble, 1921
Animal (Gymnophthalmus pleii) - Facts & Information
Gymnophthalmus pleii luetkeni Bocourt, 1881
Animal (Proctoporus titans) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus titans Lehr, Cusi, Fernandez, Vera & Catenazzi, 2022
Animal (Rheosaurus sulcarostrum) - Facts & Information
Rheosaurus sulcarostrum (Donnelly, Macculloch, Ugarte & Kizirian, 2006)
Donneisy'S Arthrosaura; Donnelly'S Arthrosaura (Arthrosaura synaptolepis) - Facts & Information
Arthrosaura synaptolepis Donnelly, Mcdiarmid & Myers, 1992
Almendáriz'S Microtegu; Almendáriz’S Microtegu; Microtegúes De Almendáriz (Selvasaura almendarizae) - Facts & Information
Selvasaura almendarizae Torres-Carvajal, Parra, Sales Nunes & Koch, 2021
Animal (Petracola amazonensis) - Facts & Information
Petracola amazonensis Mamani, Vargas, Chaparro & Catenazzi, 2023
Animal (Macropholidus huancabambae) - Facts & Information
Macropholidus huancabambae (Reeder, 1996)
Ocellated Tegu (Cercosaura bassleri) - Facts & Information
Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952
Shorthead Anadia (Anadia brevifrontalis) - Facts & Information
Anadia brevifrontalis (Boulenger, 1903)
Panama Teiid (Echinosaura panamensis) - Facts & Information
Echinosaura panamensis Barbour, 1924
Animal (Riolama luridiventris) - Facts & Information
Riolama luridiventris Esqueda, LA Marca & Praderio, 2004
Animal (Proctoporus unsaacae) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus unsaacae Doan & Castoe, 2003
Blake'S Anadia (Anadia blakei) - Facts & Information
Anadia blakei Schmidt, 1932
Uzzell'S Prionodactylus (Pholidobolus dicrus) - Facts & Information
Pholidobolus dicrus (Uzzell, 1973)
Arthrosaure Réticulé; Arthrosaure Réticulé (L'); Calango; Lagartinho-Reticulado; Lagartixa; Lagarto-Do-Folhiço; Yellowbelly Arthrosaura (Arthrosaura reticulata) - Facts & Information
Arthrosaura reticulata (O'Shaughnessy, 1881)
Collared Anotosaura (Anotosaura collaris) - Facts & Information
Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933
Cuilanes De Montanucci; Montanucci'S Cuilanes; Montanucci’S Cuilanes. (Macropholidus montanuccii) - Facts & Information
Macropholidus montanuccii Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & Nunes, 2020
Animal (Proctoporus sucullucu) - Facts & Information
Proctoporus sucullucu Doan & Castoe, 2003