Georgia lizards: ID chart

18 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 Georgia. The chart prints on letter or A4 paper; on screen, open any name on the Georgia lizards page for photos, range and sources.

Argentine Black and White Tegu

Salvator merianae

Not stated

Toombs and Tattnall counties (only known wild population)

Broadhead Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

Non-venomous

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Not stated

Coastal and southern Georgia

Coal Skink

Plestiodon anthracinus

Not stated

Mountains of northern Georgia and a small area of western Georgia (SREL)

Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Not stated

Eastern Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus ventralis

Not stated

No confirmed photo of Five-lined Skink

Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Non-venomous

Throughout Georgia (SREL)

Florida Worm Lizard

Rhineura floridana

Not stated

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

Not stated

Throughout Georgia, absent from some mountain areas (SREL)

Ground Skink

Scincella lateralis

Not stated

Throughout Georgia (SREL)

Island Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus compressus

Not stated

Mediterranean Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Not stated

No confirmed photo of Mimic Glass Lizard

Mimic Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus mimicus

Not stated

Mole Skink

Plestiodon egregius

Not stated

Southern and eastern Georgia (SREL)

Six-lined Racerunner

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Not stated

Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus

Not stated

Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon inexpectatus

Non-venomous

All but extreme northern Georgia (SREL)

Texas Horned Lizard

Phrynosoma cornutum

Not stated

Near the coast

A picture cannot confirm what an animal is or that it is safe. Never handle a wild animal. Sources: Laws Related to Native Wildlife (Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division); Five-lined Skink (Eumeces [Plestiodon] fasciatus) (University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) Herpetology); Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) – Introduced (University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) Herpetology); Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) – Introduced (University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) Herpetology); Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) – Introduced (University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) Herpetology); Argentine Black and White Tegus (Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division). stateswildlife.com/georgia/lizards/