A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Teiidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ameiva aggerecusans Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme, 2013 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon RacerunnerAmeiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon RacerunnerAmeiva atrigularis Garman, 1887 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameiva jacuba Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti & Colli, 2013 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameiva pantherina Ugueto & Harvey, 2011 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameiva parecis (Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Péres, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker, 2003) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon RacerunnerAmeiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antillean AmeivaAmeiva tobagana Cope, 1879 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula abalosi (Cabrera, 2012) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula apipensis Arias, Recoder, Álvarez, Etchepare, Quipildor, Lobo & Rodrigues, 2018 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula cipoensis Arias, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula confusioniba (Arias, DE Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula jalapensis (Colli, Giugliano, Mesquita & Franca, 2009) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula mumbuca (Colli, Caldwell, Costa, Gainsbury, Garda, Mesquita, Filho, Soares, Silva, Valdujo, Vieira, Vitt, Werneck, Wiederhecker & Zatz, 2003) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula nigrigula (Arias, DE Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ameivula xacriaba Arias, Texeira Jr., Recoder, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yucatan WhiptailAspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canyon Spotted WhiptailAspidoscelis burti (Taylor, 1938) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carmen Island WhiptailAspidoscelis carmenensis (Maslin & Secoy, 1986) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerralvo Island WhiptailAspidoscelis ceralbensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colima Giant WhiptailAspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Isla San José WhiptailAspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackbelly RacerunnerAspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gray Checkered WhiptailAspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chihuahuan Spotted WhiptailAspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican RacerunnerAspidoscelis guttatus (Wiegmann, 1834) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Little Striped WhiptailAspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baja California WhiptailAspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laredo Striped WhiptailAspidoscelis laredoensis (Mckinney, Kay & Anderson, 1973) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Marbled Whiptail [reticuloriens]Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maslin’s WhiptailAspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Region WhiptailAspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1863) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican WhiptailAspidoscelis mexicanus (Peters, 1869) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant WhiptailAspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colorado Checkered WhiptailAspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes & Taylor, 1997) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| OpataWhiptailAspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican Pigmy WhiptailAspidoscelis parvisocius (Zweifel, 1960) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidoscelis preopatae | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rodeck's WhiptailAspidoscelis rodecki (Mccoy & Maslin, 1962) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiger WhiptailAspidoscelis tigris (Baird & Girard, 1852) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longtail WhiptailAurivela longicauda (Bell, 1843) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aurivela tergolaevigata (Cabrera, 2004) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| False MonitorCallopistes flavipunctatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted False MonitorCallopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aruba WhiptailCnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude, 1887 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Los Frailes WhiptailCnemidophorus flavissimus Ugueto, Harvey & Rivas, 2010 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaige’s Rainbow lizardCnemidophorus gaigei Ruthven, 1915 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cnemidophorus gramivagus Mccrystal & Dixon, 1987 | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.