Lizards of Peru

Peru has several species of lizards.

Unidentified Lizard

Family Gekkonidae - Geckos
1. Collared Streak Lizard - Gonatodes concinnatus
2. Amazon Streak Lizard - Gonatodes humeralis
3. Common House Gecko - Hemidactylus mabouia
4. Greater Dwarf Gecko - Lepidoblepharis (giant)
5. Spotted Dwarf Gecko - Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
6. Amazon Pigmy Gecko - Pseudogonatodes guianensis
7. Turnip-Tailed Gecko - Thecadactylus rapicaudus
   Family Hoplocercidae - Wood Lizards And Clubtails
8. Amazon Wood Lizard - Enyalioides laticeps
9. Brown Wood Lizard - Enyalioides microlepis
   Family Iguanidae - Iguanas
10. Green Iguana - Iguana iguana
    Family Polychrotidae - Anoles And Monkey Lizards
11. Blue-Lipped Anole - Anolis bombiceps
12. Slender Anole - Anolis fuscoauratus fuscoauratus
13. Yellow-Tongued Anole - Anolis chrysolepis scypheus
14. Blue-Throated Anole - Anolis chrysolepis tandae
15. Bark Anole - Anolis ortonii
16. Amazon Green Anole - Anolis punctatus
17. Common Forest Anole - Anolis trachyderma
18. Banded Tree Anole - Anolis transversalis
19. Common Monkey Lizard - Polychrus marmoratus
    Family Tropiduridae - Leaf Lizards, Thornytails, Tree and Diving Lizards
20. Western Leaf Lizard - Stenocercus fimbriatus
21. Southern Green Thornytail - Tropidurus (Uracentron) azureum guentheri
22. Amazon Thornytail - Tropidurus (uracentron) flaviceps
23. Collared Tree Lizard - Tropidurus plica
24. Blue-Lipped Tree Lizard - Tropidurus umbra ochrocollaris
    Family Gymnophthalmidae - Shade, Creek, Stream, Worm, Root, Ground and Swamp Lizards
25. Keel-Bellied Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus atriventris
26. Large-Scaled Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus angulatus
27. Smooth-Bellied Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus buckleyi
28. Drab Shade Lizard - Alopoglossus copii
29. Western Creek Lizard - Arthrosaura reticulata reticulata
30. Striped Worm Lizard - Bachia trisanale trisanale
31. Peruvian Worm Lizard - Bachia peruana
32. Brown Worm Lizard - Bachia vermiformis
33. Black-Striped Shade Lizard - Cercosaura Ocellata Bassleri
34. Glossy Shade Lizard - Iphisa elegans elegans
35. Common Root Lizard - Leposoma parietale
36. Common Stream Lizard - Neusticurus ecpleopus
37. Elegant Eyed Lizard - Prionodactylus argulus
38. Slender Swamp Lizard - Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis
    Family Teiidae - Racerunners, Whiptails, Tegus and Caiman Lizards
39. Amazon Racerunner - Ameiva ameiva
40. Crocodile Tegu - Crocodilurus lacertinus
41. Northern Caiman Lizard - Dracaena guianensis
42. Cocha Whiptail - Kentropyx altamazonica
43. Forest Whiptail - Kentropyx pelviceps
44. Golden Tegu - Tupinambis teguixin
    Family Scincidae - Skinks
45. Black-Spotted Skink - Mabuya nigropunctata

• Lizards from the Paracas National Reserve by Alessandro Catenazzi. Great photographs.  ...link 
• A Look at Caiman Lizards. (Dracaena guianensis & Dracaena paraguayensis) by Matt Russell, Reptiles magazine, October 2000.  ...link