Lizards

Lizards of Iowa

Iowa has five species of lizards. Click on the links below to view the complete species accounts, range maps and more photos.

Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus)

Great Plains Skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)

Five-lined Skink  (Plestiodon fasciatus)

Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis)

Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata)