| Status: | Species: | Common Name: | Last Update: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offline | Ameiva aggerecusans | Chachapoyas Ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva ameiva | Giant Ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva atrigularis | Amazon racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva bifrontata | Cope's ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva concolor | Ameiva concolor | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva fuliginosa | Ameiva fuliginosa | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva jacuba | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva nodam | Ameiva nodam | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva pantherina | Ameiva pantherina | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva parecis | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva praesignis | Amazon racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva provitaae | Mato trompa roja | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva reticulata | Ameiva reticulata | ----- |
| Offline | Ameiva tobagana | Antillean ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula abalosi | Spotted Whiptail Lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula apipensis | Apipé Island Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula cipoensis | Calanguinho | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula confusioniba | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula jalapensis | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula mumbuca | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula nativo | Lagartinho-nativo | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula nigrigula | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula ocellifera | Spix's whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula pyrrhogularis | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Ameivula xacriaba | Planalto Dos Gerais Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis angusticeps | Cuiji yucateco | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis burti | Canyon spotted whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis calidipes | Río tepalcatepec valley whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis carmenensis | Carmen island whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis ceralbensis | Cerralvo island whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis communis | Colima giant whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis costatus | Western mexico whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis cozumela | Cozumel racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis danheimae | Isla san josé whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis deppii | Black-bellied racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis espiritensis | Espiritu santo whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis exsanguis | Chihuahuan spotted whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis franciscensis | San francisco island whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis gularis | Common spotted whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis guttatus | Mexican racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis hyperythrus | Orange-throated whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis inornatus | Little striped whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis labialis | Baja california whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis laredoensis | Laredo striped whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis lineattissimus | Many-lined whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis marmoratus | Eastern marbled whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis martyris | San pedro martir whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis maslini | Maslin's whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis maximus | Cape region whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis mexicanus | Mexican whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis motaguae | Giant whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis neomexicanus | New mexico whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis neotesselatus | Colorado checkered whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis opatae | Opata whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis pai | Pai striped whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis parvisocius | Mexican pigmy whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis pictus | Isla monserrate whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis preopatae | Bavispe River Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis rodecki | Rodeck's whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis sackii | Sack's Giant Whiptail Lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis scalaris | Mexican plateau spotted whiptail [septemvittata] | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis sexlineatus | Six-lined racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis sonorae | Gila spotted whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis stictogrammus | Giant spotted whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis tesselatus | Common checkered whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis tigris | Tiger whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis uniparens | Desert grassland whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis velox | Plateau striped whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aspidoscelis xanthonotus | Red-backed whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aurivela longicauda | Longtail whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Aurivela tergolaevigata | Aurivela tergolaevigata | ----- |
| Offline | Callopistes flavipunctatus | False monitor | ----- |
| Offline | Callopistes maculatus | Spotted false monitor | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus arenivagus | Dotted racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus arubensis | Aruba whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus cryptus | Cryptic racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus duellmani | Cnemidophorus duellmani | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus espeuti | Rainbow lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus flavissimus | Los frailes whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus gaigei | Gaige's rainbow lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus gramivagus | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus lemniscatus | Aruba Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus leucopsammus | Blanquilla whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus murinus | Laurent's Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus nigricolor | Venezuelan island whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus pseudolemniscatus | Colee's racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus rostralis | La tortuga whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus ruatanus | Central american whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus ruthveni | Bonaire island whiptail lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus senectus | Cnemidophorus senectus | ----- |
| Online | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus | Six-Lined Racerunner | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus splendidus | Blue rainbow lizard | ----- |
| Online | Cnemidophorus tesselatus | Checkered Whiptail | ----- |
| Online | Cnemidophorus tigris | Western Whiptail | ----- |
| Online | Cnemidophorus uniparens | Desert-Grassland Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Cnemidophorus vanzoi | St Lucia Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Contomastix celata | Contomastix celata | ----- |
| Offline | Contomastix lacertoides | Bibron's whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Contomastix leachei | Leacher's Whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Contomastix serrana | Contomastix serrana | ----- |
| Offline | Contomastix vacariensis | Lagartinho-pintado | ----- |
| Offline | Contomastix vittata | Contomastix vittata | ----- |
| Offline | Crocodilurus amazonicus | Crocodile tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Dicrodon guttulatum | Peru desert tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Dicrodon heterolepis | Ecuador desert tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Dicrodon holmbergi | Holmberg's desert tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Dracaena guianensis | Guyana caiman lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Dracaena paraguayensis | Paraguay caiman lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Glaucomastix abaetensis | Bahian sand dune lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Glaucomastix cyanura | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Glaucomastix itabaianensis | Calango | ----- |
| Offline | Glaucomastix littoralis | Lagarto-da-cauda-verde | ----- |
| Offline | Glaucomastix venetacauda | Calango-da-cauda-azulada | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus anomalus | Echternacht's ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus bridgesii | Bridges' ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus chaitzami | Chaitzam's ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus festivus | Ameiva festiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus leptophrys | Delicate ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus niceforoi | Holcosus niceforoi | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus orcesi | Peters' ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus quadrilineatus | Four-lined ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus septemlineatus | Seven-lined ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Holcosus undulatus | Rainbow ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx altamazonica | Cocha whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx borckiana | Guyana kentropyx | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx calcarata | Spix's kentropyx | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx lagartija | Kentropyx lagartija | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx paulensis | Boettger's kentropyx | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx pelviceps | Forest whiptail | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx striata | Striped Kentropyx | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx vanzoi | Gallagher's kentropyx | ----- |
| Offline | Kentropyx viridistriga | Green kentropyx | ----- |
| Offline | Medopheos edracanthus | Bocourt's ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis alboguttatus | Mona ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis atratus | Redonda ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis auberi | Auber's ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus | Common ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis cineraceus | Guadeloupe ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis corax | Censky's ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis corvinus | Sombrero ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis desechensis | Desecheo groundlizard | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis dorsalis | Jamaica ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus | Ground lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis exsul | Common puerto rican ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis fuscatus | Dominica groundlizard | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis griswoldi | Antigua bank groundlizard | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis lineolatus | Dwarf teiid | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis major | Guadeloupean giant groundlizard | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis maynardi | Great inagua ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis plei | Anguilla bank ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis pluvianotatus | Montiserrat ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis polops | St. croix ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis taeniurus | Haitian ameiva | ----- |
| Offline | Pholidoscelis wetmorei | Blue-tailed ground lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Salvator duseni | Teiú | ----- |
| Offline | Salvator merianae | Argentine black and white tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Salvator rufescens | Red tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Teius oculatus | Lagartixa | ----- |
| Offline | Teius suquiensis | Rio Suquia Four-toed Tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Teius teyou | Four-toed tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis cryptus | Cryptic golden tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis cuzcoensis | Cusco tegu lizard | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis longilineus | Jacuraru | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis matipu | Teiú-de-barriga-amarela | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis palustris | Teiú-palustre | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis quadrilineatus | Teiú | ----- |
| Online | Tupinambis teguixin | Common Tegu | ----- |
| Offline | Tupinambis zuliensis | Maracaibo basin tegu lizard | ----- |
The family Teiidae, belonging to the order Squamata (the scaled reptiles), is commonly known as whiptail lizards and tegus. These lizards are primarily found in the Americas, ranging from the southern United States through Central and South America. Teiids are generally active, diurnal, and terrestrial, with slender bodies, long tails, and well-developed limbs adapted for running. Many species are insectivorous, though some, like the larger tegus, are omnivorous and may consume fruits, small vertebrates, and eggs. Known for their high metabolism and rapid movements, teiids play important ecological roles as both predators and prey within their ecosystems.




