Squamates: Lacertilians Flashcards
Sphenodon punctatus
Tuatara
Family Sphenodontidae
Skull
Chisel shaped jaw
Hemidactylus turcicus
Mediterranean Gecko
Family Gekkonidae
Introduced to GA
Dialated digits
Plestiodon laticeps
Broadheaded Skink
Family Scincidae
Five labial scales
Wide scale row on tail
Plestiodon fasciatus
Five-lined Skink
Family Scincidae
4 labial scales
Wide row of scales on tail
Plestiodon inexpectatus
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Family Scincidae
Four labial scales
Equal row of scales on tail
Scincella lateralis
Little Brown Skink
Family Scincidae
Smaller than Plestiodons
Reduced limbs
Rhineura floridana
Florida Worm Lizard
Family: Rhineuridae
Worm shaped
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Six-lined Racerunner
Family Teiidae
Speed tow
Granular body scales
Salvator merianae
Black and White Tegu
Family Teiidae
No specimen
Invasive
Sceloporus undulatus
Eastern Fence Lizard
Family Phyrnosomatidae
Rough scales
Males w iridescent blue venter
Anolis carolinensis
Green Anole
Family Dactyloidae
Polychromatic
No dorsal pattern
Longer snout than A. sagrei
Anolis sagrei
Brown Anole
Family Dactyloidae
No polychromatism
Spotted pattern
Shorter snout than A. carolinensis
Ophisaurus compressus
Island Glass Lizard
Family Anguidae
Dark strip down sides
Ophisaurus ventralis
Eastern Glass Lizard
Family Anguidae
No dark stripe
Gerrhonotus infernalis
Texas Alligator Lizard
Family Anguidae
Long w well-developed limbs
