Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata Suborder: Scleroglossa Family: Varanidae Genus: Varanus Species: V. albigularis Subspecies: V. albigularis ionidesi Binomial name: Varanus albigularis The Black-throated monitor Lizard (Varanus Albigularis Ionidesi), otherwise addressed as a Black throat monitor, is a massive lizard possessing a calm temper as…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Infraorder: Scincomorpha Family: Scincidae Genus: Tribolonotus Species: T. gracilis Binomial name: Tribolonotus gracilis Crocodile Skinks belong to the species Tribolonotus gracilis. They also call it, though rarely, Red-Eyed Crocodile Skinks or bush crocodile skinks. The genus…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Agamidae Subfamily: Agaminae Genus: Phrynocephalus The genus Phrynocephalus consists of 44 species of gamid lizards, which are of medium size. These lizards are commonly known as toad head agamas (Agama Phrynocephalus Arabicus) or even as Toad-Headed Agamas. Toad-headed…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Family: Anguidae Subfamily: Anguinae Genus: Ophisaurus Glass snakes or Glass lizards belong to the genus Ophisaurus. They are a genus of reptiles that resemble snakes. The glass lizards or jointed snake or glass snake looks like snakes, but are lizards. Most of the species have no legs….
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Phrynosomatidae Genus: Sceloporus Species: S. olivaceus Binomial name: Sceloporus olivaceus You can see the collared lizards, belonging to the family Crotaphytidae, order Squamata distributed all over the Western United States. You see them in the Sonoran Desert…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Crotaphytidae Genus: Crotaphytus Species: C. collaris Binomial name: Crotaphytus collaris You can see the collared lizards, belonging to the family Crotaphytidae, order Squamata distributed all over the Western United States. You see them in the Sonoran Desert…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Xantusiidae Genus: Lepidophyma Species: L. flavimaculatum Binomial name: Lepidophyma flavimaculatum The yellow-spotted lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum), lives in a habitat that extends from Texas to central Mexico and is a nocturnal lizard. They are divided into two subspecies, Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Obscurum, and…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Family: Teiidae Genus: Tupinambis A Tegu is from a group of lizards belonging to the Tangae family. Their native place is South America and Central America and they have diverse habitats. They are famous for their big size and for preying…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Corytophanidae Genus: Basiliscus Laurenti The Basilisk lizard genus is commonly called Jesus Lizard, renowned for running across water. The Basiliscus genus, generally called basilisks belongs to the genus of the big Corytophanid lizards; they are prevalent in the provinces of South and North…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Subclass: Diapsida Superorder: Lepidosauria Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Infraorder: Scincomorpha Family: Scincidae A skink lizard belongs to a big group of lizards having a distinctive body shape (that of a cylinder) and little stumpy legs. These skink lizards are amazingly…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Infraorder: Acrodonta Family: Chamaeleonidae Chameleons belong to the Chamaeleonidae family. They are highly specialized and quite distinctive. They belong to the lizard clade (belonging to one tree of life from an ancestral group). There are more or less, 160 chameleon species, They…
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Teiidae Genus: Dracaena Alligator lizards of 67 varieties widely spread all over the world, of which 8 varieties found from Canada right down through Central America, are the common varieties found in Algeria, North America and Gerrhonotus. Habitat These lizards spend most of…