Pictures of lizards [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Male panther chameleon (breeding coloration) Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii) Flat-casqued Chameleon (Calumma globifer) (male) Gold dust day gecko, a lizard introduced to Hawaii from Madagascar Gecko on a papaya (Suriname) Unknown forest anole (Belize) Brookesia Chameleon; Madagascar Green anole, an invasive 'chameleon' in Kauai Male iguanas fighting Rosenberg's Sand Goanna on Kangaroo Island (Australia) Young green iguana Gecko headshot Furcifer gastrotaenia chameleon Red Headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis) Oustalet's chameleon in a Plumeria tree Red Headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis) Brookesia tuberculata Young Panther chameleon Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) (Uganda) Standing's day gecko (Phelsuma standing) Anole lizard showing its bright orange dewlap in a territorial display Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Panther chameleon (Madagascar) Sleeping Calumma nasuta chameleon (Madagascar) Antongil Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on a woman's hand Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) Uroplatus gecko on tree trunk (Madagascar) Rainbow Agama in São Tomé and Príncipe Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptius) Uroplatus fimbriatus Panamanian Gecko (zoomed) (pan01-0822a) Phelsuma Day Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe) Lizard in the highlands of New Guinea Rainbow Ameivas; Honduras Gecko Gecko in New Guinea Green agama dragon lizard on tree trunk (Indonesia) Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree (Costa Rica) Mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) Electric-blue day gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) Green anole in Parque Tayrona Flying gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli) Sceloporus magister (Grand Canyon) Neon Blue Gecko The Desert Horned lizard or Horny Toad (Phrynosoma sp.) in Big Sur; California. This species is a lizard; not a toad despite its common name. As a defense mechanism; Horned lizards can squirt blood from its eyes at a distance of up to 5 feet. Male iguanas bloodied during a fight Common green iguana Blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) Phelsuma Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe) Cicada and anole lizard sharing a tree trunk Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Juvenile green iguana (Iguana iguana) Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) Parson's chameleon (Madagascar) Sumatran forest dragon (Indonesia) Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) Furcifer balteatus chameleon Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) O'Shaughnessy's Chameleon (Calumma oshaughnessyi) Orange, blue, and yellow lizard Madagascar plated lizard (Zonosaurus quadrilineatus) Green anole in Colombia Forest lizard (Malaysia) Brookesia chameleon (Madagascar) Furcifer lateralis (juvenile) Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] Harlequin Iguana (Plica plica) Iguana Female panther chameleon Parson's chameleon (Madagascar) Furcifer oustaleti chameleon (Tsingy de Bemaraha) Panther chameleon (Madagascar) Madagascar Forest Chameleon (Furcifer campani) [male] Brown lizard with red markings Oustalet's chameleon Green lizard Small lizards (Kenya) Cnemidophorus deppei lizard in Colombia Oustalet's chameleon Agamid lizard (Uganda) Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) Anole (Costa Rica) Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) Sphenomorphus skink species in Sulawesi (Indonesia) Close up of Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata) found in the wild (Malaysia) Garden fence lizard (Calotes versicolor) (Thailand) Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe Mossy Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) House gecko (Indonesia) lizards: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30