Lizard Pictures
| Types of Lizards Alligator Lizards: Family Anguidae Alligator Lizard Anoles: Family Polychrotidae Brown Anole Green Anole Geckos: Family Gekkonidae Geckos House Gecko Gila Monsters: Family Helodermatidae Gila Monster Igunas: Family Iguanidae Chuckwalla Iguana Skinks: Family Scincidae Five-lined Skink Skinks Spiny Lizards: Family Phrynosomatidae Clark's Spiny Lizard Desert Spiny Lizard Rock Lizard Rosebelly Lizard Side-blotched Lizard Tree Lizard Western Fence Lizard Zebra-tailed Lizard Whiptails and Racerunners Desert Grassland Whiptail Six-lined Racerunner Texas Spotted Whiptail Tiger Whiptail Non-native Lizards Frilled Lizard Komodo Dragon Plumed Basilisk Red-headed Agama Types of Lizards |
Like all reptiles, lizards are cold blooded. They can often be seen, and photographed basking in the sun, their primary means for regulating body temperature. Because they are cold blooded, most species that live in northern climates also hibernate during the cold winter season.
With the exception of Alaska, lizards are native to every state in the United States. Most lizards in the United States call the Desert Southwest, east through Texas, home. Florida also has a large number of lizard species, however many of them are non-native species.
Skinks, geckos, spiny lizards, iguanas and anoles are among the most common lizards found in the United States.
The links in the box on the left point to a representative sample of lizards, arranged according to different families.
The listed native lizard species weigh heavily to spiny lizards, members of the Sceloporus genus: Clark's; Desert; Rosebelly; and Western Fence lizard. Four Whiptail species (genus Cnemidophorus and Aspidoscelis), are also presented.
The remaining native lizard species, Chuckwalla, Gila Monster, Green Anole and Tree Lizard, are representative of a single genera or family.
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