Scientific name: Mabuya nigropunctata
English: South American spotted skink (En)
Local: kamrawenke (Sr)
Indig: murukunpë / tikari (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Scincidae
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Scientific name: Tupinambis teguixin
Vern: black tegu / goldentegu (En); gebandeerde reuzenteju (Du)
Local: sapakara (Sr)
Indig: rupei (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Teiidae
Scientific name: Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
Vern: rainbow lizard (En); wenkpootje (Du)
Local: kamrawenke / wai(wai) anu (Sr)
Indig: joi tinkamenuren (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Teiidae
Scientific name: Ameiva ameiva
Vern: giant ameiva (En); gewone ameiva / gewone tuinhagedis (Du)
Local: lagadis(y)a (Sr)
Indig: joi panatura (Tr)
Scientific name: Thecadactylus rapicauda
Vern: turnip-tailed gecko (En); gekko (Du)
Local: kwakwa sneki (Sr)
Indig: Kankamuri (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Phyllodactylidae
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Scientific name: Uranoscodon superciliosus
Vern: mophead iguana / diving lizard (En); moskopleguaan (Du)
Local: agama (Sr)
Indig: sipururu topanahpë (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Tropiduridae
Scientific name: Uracentron azureum
Vern: green thornytail iguana (En); doornstaartboomleguaan (Du)
Local: agama (Sr)
Indig: akare (Tr)
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Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Tropiduridae
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Scientific name: Tropidurus hispidus
English: Peters’ lava lizard (En); kielstaartleguaan (Du)
Local: agama (Sr)
Indig: wasarapipa pipaman (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Tropiduridae
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Scientific name: Plica umbra
English: Harlequin Racerunner / Blue-lipped Tree Lizard (En); steltloperleguaan (Du)
Local: agama (Sr)
Indig: wasarapipa momïman (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Tropiduridae
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Scientific name: Plica plica
Vern: tree runner (En); steltloperleguaan (Du)
Local: agama (Sr)
Indig: wasarapipa (Tr)
Class: Reptiles
Order: Squamata-Lizards
Family: Tropiduridae