States Wildlife

Arkansas lizards: ID chart

15 lizards. Last checked November 3, 2026.

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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
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

Broadhead Skink

Eumeces laticeps

Not stated

Buffalo National River

Coal Skink
Photo: Thomas Koffel · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

Coal Skink

Eumeces anthracinus

Not stated

Buffalo National River

Eastern Collared Lizard
Photo: B. P. White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · iNaturalist · resized

Eastern Collared Lizard

Crotaphytus collaris

Not stated

Fence Lizard
Photo: Judy Gallagher · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Not stated

Buffalo National River; Hot Springs National Park

No confirmed photo of Five-lined Skink

Five-lined Skink

Eumeces fasciatus

Non-venomous

Buffalo National River; Hot Springs National Park

Great Plains Skink
Photo: Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Great Plains Skink

Plestiodon obsoletus

Not stated

Green Anole
Photo: Mgoodyear · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized

Green Anole

Not stated

Hot Springs National Park

Ground Skink
Photo: Rstanton13 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized

Ground Skink

Scincella lateralis

Not stated

Buffalo National River

Mediterranean Gecko
Photo: Konstantinos Kalaentzis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized

Mediterranean Gecko

Not stated

Hot Springs National Park

No confirmed photo of Prairie Lizard

Prairie Lizard

Not stated

Hot Springs National Park

Prairie Skink
Photo: Peter Paplanus · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Prairie Skink

Plestiodon septentrionalis

Not stated

No confirmed photo of Shining Skink (printed "Shinning Skink"; blue-tailed skink)

Shining Skink (printed "Shinning Skink"; blue-tailed skink)

Non-venomous

Hot Springs National Park

Six-lined Racerunner
Photo: Joe Brewer · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

Six-lined Racerunner

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Not stated

Buffalo National River

Slender Glass Lizard
Photo: Peter Paplanus from St. Louis, Missouri · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus

Not stated

No confirmed photo of Southern Prairie Skink

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/