Texas lizards: ID chart
51 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 Texas. The chart prints on letter or A4 paper; on screen, open any name on the Texas lizards page for photos, range and sources.
Blue Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus cyanogenys
Not stated
Brown Anole
Anolis sagrei
Not stated
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Not stated
Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselata
Not stated
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Not stated
Common House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
Not stated
Common Lesser Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata
Not stated
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Not stated
Crevice Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus poinsettii
Not stated
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus arenicolous
Not stated
Eastern Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris
Not stated
Eastern Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis gularis
Not stated
Four-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus
Not stated
Gray Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis dixoni
Not stated
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Not stated
Greater Earless Lizard
Cophosaurus texanus
Not stated
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Not stated
Green Anole
Anolis carolinensis
Not stated
Indo-Pacific Gecko
Hemidactylus garnotii
Not stated
Laredo Striped Whiptail
Aspidoscelis laredoensis
Not stated
Little Brown Skink
Scincella lateralis
Not stated
Little Striped Whiptail
Aspidoscelis inornata
Not stated
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii
Not stated
Many-lined Skink
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Not stated
Marbled Whiptail
Aspidoscelis marmorata
Not stated
Mediterranean House Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
Not stated
Mexican Plateau Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis septemvittata
Not stated
New Mexico Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neomexicana
Not stated
Prairie Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
Not stated
Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis
Not stated
Reticulate Banded Gecko
Coleonyx reticulatus
Not stated
Reticulate Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus reticulatus
Not stated
Rose-bellied Lizard
Sceloporus variabilis
Not stated
Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Not stated
Spot-tailed Earless Lizard
Holbrookia lacerata
Not stated
Texas Alligator Lizard
Gerrhonotus infernalis
Not stated
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Texas Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum
Not stated
Texas Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus olivaceus
Not stated
Western Spiny-tailed Iguana
Ctenosaura pectinata
Not stated
A picture cannot confirm what an animal is or that it is safe. Never handle a wild animal. Sources: Herps of Texas: Lizards of Texas (Herps of Texas, Biodiversity Collections, Dept. of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin). stateswildlife.com/texas/lizards/