Lizard Lab Exam

Strongly keeled, overlapping scales; grayish dorsum; males with blue blotches on venter and under throat

Phrynosomatidae

Sceloporus undulatus

Eastern Fence Lizard

small scales; pinkish to tannish semi-translucent body; lack eyelids; numerous tubercles

Gekkonidae

Hemidactylus turcicus

Mediterranean House Gecko

flattened body with small scales; grayish to brownish green dorsum, often with 3 diffuse stripes

Lacertidae

Podarcis muralis

Common Wall Lizard

slender bodied with 6 thin yellow stripes from eye to base of tail; plate-like ventral scales larger than dorsal scales; bright green/blue sides on adult males; femoral pores

Teiidae

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Six-lined Racerunner

slender; short limbs; smooth, shiny overlapping scales; two dark dorsolateral stripes from eye to tail; lower eyelid transparent; as with all skinks the dorsal and ventral scales are the same size

Scincidae

Scincella lateralis

Little Brown Skink

shiny, smooth, overlapping scales; broad dark stripes (4 scale rows wide) and two yellow stripes along each side; single postmental scale on lower jaw; 6-7 labial scales

Scincidae

Plestiodon anthracinus

Coal Skink

smooth, overlapping, glossy scales; 5 stripes fade with age; no enlarged scales in middle row of tail; two postlabial scales; usually four labial scales before eye

Scincidae

Plestiodon inexpectatus

Southeastern Five-lined Skink

smooth, overlapping, glossy scales; stripes fade with age; enlarged scales in middle row of tail; usually four labial scales before eye

Scincidae

Plestiodon fasciatus

Common Five-lined Skink

overlapping, smooth scales; stripes fade with age; enlarged scales in middle row of tail; males have large jaws; usually 5 labial scales

Scincidae

Plestiodon laticeps

Broad-headed Skink

legless; tail 2/3 of TL; dark middorsal stripe; lateral fold along body

Anguidae

Ophisaurus attenuatus

Slender Glass Lizard