Lizards of New Mexico
Scientific
Common
ANGUIDAE
Alligator & Glass Lizards
Elgaria kingii
Madrean Alligator Lizard
CROTAPHYTIDAE
Collared & Leopard Lizards
Crotaphytus collaris
Eastern Collared Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii
Long-Nosed Leopard Lizard
EUBLEPHARIDAE
Eyelid Geckos
Coleonyx brevis
Texas Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus
Western Banded Gecko
GEKKONIDAE
Geckos
Hemidactylus turcicus
Mediterranean House Gecko
HELODERMATIDAE
Beaded Lizards & Gila Monsters
Heloderma suspectum
Gila Monster
PHRYNOSOMATIDAE
Earless, Horned, Side-Blotched, Spiny, Tree, & Zebra-Tailed Lizards
Callisaurus draconoides
Zebra-Tailed Lizard
Cophosaurus texanus
Greater Earless Lizard
Holbrookia elegans
Elegant Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata
Common Lesser Earless Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum
Texas Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma modestum
Roundtail Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma solarae
Regal Horned Lizard
Sceloporus arenicolus
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus bimaculosus
Twin-Spotted Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus clarkii
Clark's Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus
Prairie Lizard
Sceloporus cowlesi
Southwestern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus
Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus jarrovii
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus magister
Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus poinsettii
Crevice Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus slevini
Slevin's Bunchgrass Lizard
Sceloporus tristichus
Plateau Fence Lizard
Sceloporus virgatus
Striped Plateau Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus
Ornate Tree Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Common Side-Blotched Lizard
SCINCIDAE
Skinks
Plestiodon callicephalus
Mountain Skink
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Many-lined Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Great Plains Skink
TEIIDAE
Whiptail Lizards
Aspidoscelis burti
Canyon Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis dixoni
Grey Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis flagellicauda
Gila Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis gularis
Common Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis gypsi
Little White Whiptail
Aspidoscelis inornata
Little Striped Whiptail
Aspidoscelis marmorata
Marbled Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neomexicana
New Mexico Whiptail
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Six-lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sonorae
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselata
Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris
Tiger Whiptail
Aspidoscelis uniparens
Desert Grassland Whiptail
Aspidoscelis velox
Plateau Striped Whiptail
Non-native
Protected