North Carolina lizards: ID chart

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

Broadhead Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

Non-venomous

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Not stated

Coal Skink

Plestiodon anthracinus

Non-venomous

Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

Non-venomous

Eastern Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus ventralis

Not stated

Eastern Six-lined Racerunner

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus

Not stated

Eastern Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus

Not stated

No confirmed photo of Five-lined Skink

Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Non-venomous

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

Not stated

Ground Skink

Scincella lateralis

Not stated

Mediterranean Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Not stated

No confirmed photo of Mimic Glass Lizard

Mimic Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus mimicus

Not stated

Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon inexpectatus

Non-venomous

Texas Horned Lizard

Phrynosoma cornutum

Not stated

A picture cannot confirm what an animal is or that it is safe. Never handle a wild animal. Sources: 2025 SWAP Appendix 3 Table 3-7 REPTILES SGCN and Priority Species List (2025 WAP Revision Taxa Team Evaluations) (N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission); Broad-Headed Skink (NCWRC species page) (N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission); Coal Skink (NCWRC species page) (N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission); Eastern Fence Lizard (NCWRC species page) (N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission); Five-Lined Skink (NCWRC species page) (N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission). stateswildlife.com/north-carolina/lizards/