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: Tropiduridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amathites Lava LizardEurolophosaurus amathites (Rodrigues, 1984) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eurolophosaurus divaricatus (Rodrigues, 1986) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rodrigues' Lava LizardEurolophosaurus nanuzae (Rodrigues, 1981) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Lava LizardMicrolophus albemarlensis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus arenarius (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atacamen Pacific IguanaMicrolophus atacamensis (Donoso-Barros, 1960) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Lava LizardMicrolophus barringtonensis (Baur, 1892) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hood Lava LizardMicrolophus delanonis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus duncanensis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Floreana Lava LizardMicrolophus grayii (Bell, 1843) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus habelii (Steindachner, 1876) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus heterolepis (Wiegmann, 1834) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Lava LizardMicrolophus indefatigabilis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Santiago Lava LizardMicrolophus jacobii (Baur, 1892) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus koepckeorum (Mertens, 1956) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knobbed Pacific IguanaMicrolophus occipitalis (Peters, 1871) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Pacific IguanaMicrolophus pacificus (Steindachner, 1876) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peru Pacific IguanaMicrolophus peruvianus (Lesson, 1829) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-banded Pacific IguanaMicrolophus quadrivittatus (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slevin’s lava lizards ProposedMicrolophus slevini Torres-Carvajal, 2024 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tarapaca Pacific IguanaMicrolophus tarapacensis (Donoso-Barros, 1966) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Theresia's Pacific IguanaMicrolophus theresiae (Steindachner, 1901) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus theresioides (Donoso-Barros, 1966) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tschudi's Pacific IguanaMicrolophus thoracicus (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiger Pacific IguanaMicrolophus tigris (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus yanezi (Ortiz-Zapata, 1980) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caribbean treerunnerPlica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kathleen’s TreerunnerPlica kathleenae Murphy & Jowers, 2013 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plica lumaria Donnelly & Myers, 1991 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Medem’s TreerunnerPlica medemi Murphy & Jowers, 2013 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plica pansticta (Myers & Donnelly, 2001) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Collared TreerunnerPlica plica (Linnaeus, 1758) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ray’s TreerunnerPlica rayi Murphy & Jowers, 2013 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus aculeatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa & Silva-Martins | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus angulifer (Werner, 1901) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fritts' Whorltail IguanaStenocercus apurimacus Fritts, 1972 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| La Granja whorltail lizardStenocercus arndti Venegas, Echevarria & Álvarez, 2014 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus azureus (Müller, 1880) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boettger's Whorltail IguanaStenocercus boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bolivar Whorltail IguanaStenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus cadlei Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1863) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus canastra Avila-Pires, Nogueira & Martins, 2019 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker's Whorltail IguanaStenocercus carrioni Parker, 1934 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus catherineae Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo, 2020 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinchao whorltail lizardStenocercus chinchaoensis Venegas, Duran & Garcia-Burneo, 2013 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus chlorostictus Cadle, 1991 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus chota Torres-Carvajal, 2000 | TropiduridaeChordata | 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.