Lizards
| Family | Species | Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| Crotaphytidae | Crotaphytus collaris | Collared lizard |
| Crotaphytidae | Gambelia wislizenii | Longnose leopard lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Holbrookia maculata | Lesser earless lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma cornutum | Texas horned lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma hernandesi | Short-horned lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Phrynosoma modestum | Round-tail horned lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus graciosus | Sagebrush lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus magister | Desert spiny lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Sceloporus undulatus | Prairie lizard / Plateau lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Urosaurus ornatus | Tree lizard |
| Phrynosomatidae | Uta stansburiana | Side-bloched lizard |
| Scincidae | Eumeces gaigeae | Variable skink |
| Scincidae | Eumeces multivirgatus | Many-lined skink |
| Scincidae | Eumeces obsoletus | Great Plains skink |
| Teiidae | Cnemidophorus neotesselatus* | Triploid Colorado checkered whiptail |
| Teiidae | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus | Six-lined racerunner |
| Teiidae | Cnemidophorus tesselatus | Diploid Colorado checkered whiptail |
| Teiidae | Cnemidophorus tigris | Western whiptail |
| Teiidae | Cnemidophorus velox* | Plateau striped whiptail |
*Article exists for this genus, but not the individual species.
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