#diploglossidae

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Escorpion Coral aka Red Galliwasp (Diploglossus monotropis), T - juvenile, B - Adult, family Diploglossidae, Costa Rica

photograph by @anfrep94 & Christian Sanchez

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O’Shaugnessy’s Galliwasp (Mesoamericus bilobatus), family Diploglossidae, San José, Costa Rica

Top 2 photos - juvenile; Bttm 2 photos - adult

photographs by Diego Aviles

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wonderful blog

Thank you so much for saying so boo-boo kittens.

Let me slip you this very special lizard…

Brazilian Galliwasp (Diploglossus lessonae), family Diploglossodae, endemic to Northwestern Brazil.

Photograph by MOC Reptiles

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Escorpion Coral aka Rainbow Galliwasps (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, found in southern Central America and northern South America

photographs by Tropical Herping, Pitalua Liloy, Chris Kirby

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Escorpion Coral aka Red Galliwasp (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, Costa Rica

photograph by @anfrep94

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Capa Capa Glass Lizard (Ophiodes intermedius), family Diploglossidae, Bolivia

The Glass Lizards in the genus Ophisaurus, which are in the family Anguidae, are completely limbless (legless lizards).

This genus, Ophiodes, in the Galliwasp family, Diploglossidae, has small flap-like vestigial hind limbs.

photographs by Eduardo Navia 

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O'Shaughnessy's Galliwasp (Mesoamericus bilobatus), male, family Diploglossidae, southern Costa Rica

photograph by Alejandro Solórzano

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Banded Galliwasp (Diploglossus fasciatus), juvenile, family Diploglossidae, found in western South America

photographs by Mark Fernley

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Escorpion Coral aka Red Galliwasp (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, Colombia

photograph by Alejandro Amariles

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Banded Galliwasp (Diploglossus fasciatus), family Diploglossidae, found in western South America

photograph by Daniel Lordelo

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Banded Galliwasp (Diploglossus fasciatus), juvenile, family Diploglossidae, found in western South America

photograph via: Amazon Conservation Association 

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Escorpion Coral aka Red Galliwasp (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, Eastern Nicuragua

photograph by Milton Salazar

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Escorpion Coral aka Red Galliwasp (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Christian Sanchez

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Escorpion Coral aka Red Galliwasp (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Jacob Malcom

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Banded Galliwasp (Diploglossus fasciatus), juvenile, family Diploglossidae, found in western South America

photographs by Las Piedras Amazon Center - LPAC

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Im having a very South American day any South American lizards you can share with us I have been thinking about caiman tegus a lot

Oh oh oh here are some of my favorite South American lizards!!!

Paraguay Caiman Lizard (Dracaena paraguayensis), family Teiidae, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Aquatic, feeds on large snails

photograph by Bernard DUPONT

Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis), family Teiidae, found across NW and north central South America

Aquatic, feeds on large snails

photograph by Bill Hallier

Crocodile Tegu (Crocodilurus amazonicus), family Teiidae, found in the Amazon Basin and Guianas of South America

Semi-aquatic.

photograph via: undergroundreptileshub.com

Banded Galliwasp (Diploglossus fasciatus), family Diploglossidae, found in western South America

photograph by Daniel Lordelo & Amazon Conservation Association 

Escorpion Coral aka Rainbow Galliwasps (Diploglossus monotropis), family Diploglossidae, found in southern Central America and northern South America

photographs by Pitalua Liloy

Wiegmann’s Striped Gecko (Gonatodes vittatus), male, family Sphaerodactylidae, found in northern South America

photograph by Reptiles4all

Bridled Forest Gecko aka South American Dwarf Gecko (Gonatodes humeralis), male, family Sphaerodactylidae, Peruvian Amazon

photograph by Andres Novales Aguirrezabal

Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus), family Corytophanidae, Colombia

photograph by Finca Villa Alicia

White-bellied Worm Lizard aka Red Worm Lizard (Amphisbaena alba), family Amphisbaenidae, Brazil

Legless lizard.

photographs by Jose Gabriel Wildlife

Green Thornytail Iguana (Uracentron azureum), family Tropiduridae, found in central and northen South America

photograph by Reptiles4all