Kansas 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 Kansas. The chart prints on letter or A4 paper; on screen, open any name on the Kansas lizards page for photos, range and sources.
Broad-headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
Non-venomous
Known from pockets along the Marais des Cygnes, Marmaton, Spring, and lower Neosho river basins in eastern …
Coal Skink
Plestiodon anthracinus
Non-venomous
The habitat requirement of this species in Kansas are largely unknown …
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Non-venomous
Well documented from the forested eastern third of Kansas …
Common Lesser Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata
Non-venomous
This lizard is known from the western two-thirds of the state …
Eastern Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris
Non-venomous
Common in association with rocky areas but may also substitute mammal burrows along canyons in the southwest …
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Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Non-venomous
Probably statewide, although infrequently encountered in the upper Smoky-Hill River drainage …
Italian Wall Lizard
Podarcis siculus
Non-venomous
Kansas populations of this non-native species are well-established in Topeka, Hays, and Lawrence …
Little Brown Skink
Scincella lateralis
Non-venomous
Known from wooded areas along the Kansas, Marais des Cygnes, lower Neosho, Verdigris, lower Arkansas …
Mediterranean House Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
Non-venomous
In Kansas, this lizard is known from urban areas in Johnson, Lyon, Harvey, Saline, Douglas, and Sedgwick …
Prairie Lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus
Non-venomous
This species is most common in areas of rangeland and along sandy riparian corridors …
Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Non-venomous
Known from the Flint Hills, Cross Timbers, northern Osage Plains, and Drift Hills …
Six-lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Non-venomous
This lizard occurs throughout Kansas, and may particularly abundant in areas characterized by loose soils and …
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Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Non-venomous
This species is found throughout the eastern two-thirds of Kansas …
Texas Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum
Non-venomous
The Texas Horned Lizard is locally abundant across much of Kansas …
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Western Green Lacerta
Lacerta bilineata
Non-venomous
Native to western and central Europe, this large lizard has been established in a small area of Topeka since …
A picture cannot confirm what an animal is or that it is safe. Never handle a wild animal. Sources: SQUAMATA (PART-OTHER LIZARDS) - Other Lizards (KHA species accounts list) (Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas (Travis W. Taggart), Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University); A Pocket Guide to Kansas Amphibians, Turtles and Lizards (Taggart & Riedle) (Great Plains Nature Center (cooperative project of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and City of Wichita); published by the Friends of the Great Plains Nature Center); KHA species account: Slender Glass Lizard (Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas (Travis W. Taggart), Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University); KHA species account: Eastern Collared Lizard (Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas (Travis W. Taggart), Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University); KHA species account: Mediterranean House Gecko (Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas (Travis W. Taggart), Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University); KHA species account: Western Green Lacerta (Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas (Travis W. Taggart), Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University); and others listed on the web page. stateswildlife.com/kansas/lizards/