Lizards in New Mexico

With alpine forests and arid regions, New Mexico is home to a wide variety of lizards. Arguably the most famous of these is the New Mexico Whiptail, known for its all-female population.

Lizards of New Mexico

Alligator Lizards

• Madrean Alligator Lizard

Banded Geckoes

• Texas Banded Gecko
• Western Banded Gecko

Collared Lizards

• Eastern Collared Lizard

Earless Lizards

• Greater Earless Lizard
• Lesser Earless Lizard

Gila Monsters

• Gila Monster

Horned Lizards

• Greater Short-horned Lizard
• Regal Horned Lizard
• Roundtail Horned Lizard
• Texas Horned Lizard

Leopard Lizards

• Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Side-blotched Lizards

• Common Side-blotched Lizard

Skinks

• Great Plains Skink
• Many-lined Skink
• Mountain Skink

Spiny Lizards

• Clark’s Spiny Lizard
• Crevice Spiny Lizard
• Desert Spiny Lizard
• Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
• Mountain Spiny Lizard
• Prairie Lizard
• Sagebrush Lizard
• Slevin’s Bunchgrass Lizard
• Striped Plateau Lizard
• Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard

Tree Lizards

• Ornate Tree Lizard

Whiptail Lizards

• Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
• Common Checkered Whiptail
• Common Spotted Whiptail
• Desert Grassland Whiptail
• Giant Spotted Whiptail
• Gila Spotted Whiptail
• Gray Checkered Whiptail
• Little Striped Whiptail
• Marbled Whiptail
• New Mexico Whiptail
• Plateau Striped Whiptail
• Six-Lined Racerunner
• Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
• Western Whiptail

Zebra-tailed Lizards

• Zebra-tailed Lizard