Other Lizard Families

Dibamidae or blind skinks is a family of lizards characterized by their elongated cylindrical body and an apparent lack of limbs.

Skinks are lizards that constitute the family Scincidae, which is part of the infraorder Scincomorpha.

Cordylidae is a family of small- to medium-sized lizards that occur in southern and eastern Africa.

The Gerrhosauridae are a family of lizards native to Africa and Madagascar.

Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) are a group of small scincomorph lizards native to North America, averaging from less than 4 cm (1.6 in) to over 12 cm (4.7 in) snout-vent length.

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia.

Teiidae is a family of lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas.

Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids.

Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere.

The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizards, contains six species in a single genus Anniella: A. pulchra (California legless lizard), the rare A. geronimensis (Baja California legless lizard), and four more discovered in 2013.

Xenosauridae is a family of anguimorph lizards whose only living representative is the genus Xenosaurus, which is native to Central America.

The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea and suborder Anguimorpha.

The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

The Helodermatidae or beaded lizards are a small family of lizards endemic to North America today, mainly found in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, the central lowlands of Chiapas, on the border of Guatemala, and in the Nentón River Valley, though they were formerly more widespread in the ancient past.

Diploglossidae is a family of anguimorph lizards native to the Americas, with most genera being endemic to Hispaniola.

The Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is a semiaquatic anguimorph lizard found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam.

Alopoglossus is a genus of lizards in the monogeneric family Alopoglossidae.