Arkansas lizards: ID chart
15 lizards. Last checked November 3, 2026.
The lizards are listed from A to Z, each with a photo where we have one and a short note on where it lives in Arkansas. The chart prints on letter or A4 paper; on screen, open any name on the Arkansas lizards page for photos, range and sources.
Broadhead Skink
Eumeces laticeps
Not stated
Buffalo National River
Coal Skink
Eumeces anthracinus
Not stated
Buffalo National River
Eastern Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris
Not stated
Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
Not stated
Buffalo National River; Hot Springs National Park
Five-lined Skink
Eumeces fasciatus
Non-venomous
Buffalo National River; Hot Springs National Park
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Not stated
Green Anole
Not stated
Hot Springs National Park
Ground Skink
Scincella lateralis
Not stated
Buffalo National River
Mediterranean Gecko
Not stated
Hot Springs National Park
Prairie Lizard
Not stated
Hot Springs National Park
Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Not stated
Shining Skink (printed "Shinning Skink"; blue-tailed skink)
Non-venomous
Hot Springs National Park
Six-lined Racerunner
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Not stated
Buffalo National River
Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Not stated
Southern Prairie Skink
Plestiodon obtusirostris
Not stated
A picture cannot confirm what an animal is or that it is safe. Never handle a wild animal. Sources: 2025 Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan, Chapter 2: Species of Greatest Conservation Need (AGFC); Arkansas Endangered, Threatened, Regulated, And Species of Greatest Conservation Need (28 January 2016 list; superseded by the 2025 plan) (AGFC); Table 1. Species Expected and Abundance by Taxonomy (Buffalo National River spreadsheet; text strings extracted) (National Park Service); Reptiles - Hot Springs National Park (National Park Service); Descriptions of Common Reptiles in the park - Hot Springs National Park (National Park Service). stateswildlife.com/arkansas/lizards/