Squamata – The Lizards (Suborder: Lacertilia)

Family: Iguanidae

Iguana

Family: Chamaeleonidae

chamaeleon

Family: Crotaphytidae

collared lezards

Family: Phrynosomatidae

spiny or horned lizards

Eastern Fence Lizard, emerge early

Sceloporus undulatus

Family: Anolidae

True Anoles dew laps

Family: Gekkonidae

Geckos

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Family: Lacertidae

wall lizards

Common Wall Lizard,

Podarcis muralis

Family: Teiidae

whip tails

Six-lined Racerunner slender bodied with 6 thin yellow stripes from eye to base of tail; plate-like ventral

scales larger than dorsal scales, fastest

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Family: Scincidae

Skinks, most diverse

Little Brown Skink, lower eyelid transparent; as with all skinks the dorsal and ventral scales are the same size

Scincella lateralis

Coal skink broad dark stripes (4 scale rows wide) and two yellow stripes along each side; single

postmental scale on lower jaw; 6-7 labial scale, sgcn

Plestiodon anthracinus

Southeastern Five-lined Skink, o enlarged scales in middle row of tail; two postlabial scales

Plestiodon inexpectatus

Common Five-lined Skink, enlarged scales in middle row of tail

Plestiodon fasciatus

Broad-headed Skink, arboreal, 5 labial scales

Plestiodon laticeps

Family: Anguidae

Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards

Slender Glass Lizard, sgcn

Ophisaurus attenuatus

Family: Varanidae

Monitor Lizards

Family: Helodermatidae

Gila

Order: Rhynchocephalia

Family: Sphenodontidae

Tuatara