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Smooth-throated Swifts
Liolaemus
Liolaemus, whose members are known colloquially as tree iguanas, is a genus of iguanian lizards, containing many species, all of which are endemic to South America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 290 known species

Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus tenuis

Common Painted Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus pictus

Valparaiso Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus lemniscatus

Shiny Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus nitidus

Chilean Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus chiliensis

Zapallar Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus zapallarensis

San Francisco River Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus monticola

Dusky Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus fuscus

Braided Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus platei

Concepción Blue-bellied Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus cyanogaster

Black-green Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus nigroviridis

Bahia Blanca Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus darwinii
Black-spotted Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus nigromaculatus

Los Queñes Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus schroederi

Eastern Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus wiegmannii

Northern Painted Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus septentrionalis

Jupapina Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus aparicioi

Llano de Vilama Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus fabiani

El Plomo Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus bellii
Elongate Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus elongatus

Common Atacama Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus atacamensis

Black-faced Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus melanops

Antofagasta Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus constanzae

Chacaltaya Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus forsteri

Gravenhorst's Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus gravenhorstii

Liolaemus silvai
speciesLiolaemus silvai

Planchón Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus buergeri

Brilliant Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus alticolor

Chaco Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus chacoensis

Graceful Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus gracilis

Leopard Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus leopardinus
Ornate Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus ornatus

Liolaemus pseudolemniscatus
speciesLiolaemus pseudolemniscatus
Southern Mendoza Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus austromendocinus
Villarica tree iguana
speciesLiolaemus villaricensis

Puerto Deseado Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus bibronii

El Morado Lagoon Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus moradoensis

Tarapaca Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus jamesi

Liolaemus parvus
speciesLiolaemus parvus

Austral Smooth-throated lizard
speciesLiolaemus sarmientoi

Fitzinger's Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus fitzingerii

Liolaemus velosoi
speciesLiolaemus velosoi

Port Desire Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus kingii

Peak Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus chillanensis

Liolaemus carlosgarini
speciesLiolaemus carlosgarini

Dragon Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus smaug

Quilmes Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus quilmes

Liolaemus campanae
speciesLiolaemus campanae

Liolaemus rosenmanni
speciesLiolaemus rosenmanni

Baños Morales Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus valdesianus

Caautín Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus araucaniensis

Liolaemus zullyae
speciesLiolaemus zullyae

Fitzgerald's Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus fitzgeraldi

Many-spotted Tree Iguana
speciesLiolaemus multimaculatus

Earless Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus audituvelatus

White-dotted Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus antonietae

Liolaemus flavipiceus
speciesLiolaemus flavipiceus

Curicó Smooth-throated Lizard
speciesLiolaemus curicensis

Dragon of Torres-Mura
speciesLiolaemus torresi

Magellanic tree iguana
speciesLiolaemus magellanicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39083.