Family: Anguidae (Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards)
Genus: Ophisaurus (Glass Lizards)
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| Western Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
| Legless. Bronze-colored with dark, lateral stripes and lateral groove. Middorsal stripe. External ear openings. Eyelids. Tail "as easy to break as glass".
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Family: Crotaphytidae (Collared and Leopard Lizards)
Genus: Crotaphytus (Collared Lizards)
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| Eastern Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris
| Large, fast, and leery. Males more greenish with yellow chin. Females more tan. Body with white specks and faint orange-red crossbars. Two dark bars form "collar". Juveniles similar to adult females, but with more prominent, though broken, red crossbands.
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Family: Phrynosomatidae (Spiny Lizards)
Genus: Sceloporus (Spiny Lizards)
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| Eastern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
| Grayish-brown with faint, jagged crossbars. Scales give rough texture. Males with turquoise jowls and sides of belly during breeding season .
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Family: Polychrotidae (Anoles)
Genus: Anolis (Anoles)
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| Northern Green Anole
Anolis carolinensis carolinensis
| Can change color from green to brown or vice versa. Light, middorsal stripe often present. Large dewlap for mating or territory displays.
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Family: Scincidae (Skinks)
Genera: Plestiodon (North American Skinks) and Scincella (Ground Skinks)
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| Southern Coal Skink
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis
| Bronze with broad, brown, lateral stripe thinly bordered with white. Scales smooth and shiny. 1 postmental scale. Juveniles black with bright blue tail.
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| Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
| Dark brown with 5 lighter stripes. Males with enlarged, reddish jaws during mating season. Scales smooth and shiny. 2 postmental scales. 7 upper labial scales. Juveniles with more prominent contrast and bright blue tail.
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| Broadhead Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
| Brown with 5 lighter stripes. Males uniform bronze and with enlarged, reddish cheeks during mating season. Scales smooth and shiny. 2 postmental scales. 9 upper labial scales. Juveniles with more prominent contrast and bright blue tail.
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| Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
| Rare with only 2 locality records in AR. Body scales cream, yellowish, or tan and individually bordered with black. Scales smooth and shiny. Lateral body scales form diagonal rows. Juveniles mostly black with bluish tail.
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| Southern Prairie Skink
Plestiodon obtusirostris
| Rare. Brownish, thinly-built many-lined skink. Dark lateral stripe bordered above and below with light stripes. Scales smooth and shiny. Postnasal scale absent. Juveniles with bright blue tail.
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| Ground Skink
Scincella lateralis
| Small and thin. Plain bronze with darker, more mottled sides. Belly plain and yellowish. Legs small.
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Family: Teiidae (Whiptails and Racerunners)
Genus: Aspidoscelis (North American Whiptails and Racerunners)
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| Prairie Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata viridis
| Background color varies by individual (tan, yellowish, greenish, bluish, etc.), but always with 7 light stripes. Belly plain with large, rectangular scales. Juveniles with bluish tail.
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~ Hypothetical Occurrence ~
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| Texas Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum
| Rare and likely extirpated from AR. Brown-mottled with light middorsal stripe. Built very flat with many spikes, especially on back of head. Tail very short. Cries blood as part of defense.
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~ Introduced Exotics ~
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| Mediterranean Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
| Light (almost transparent) gray, brown, yellow, or pink mottled with banded tail. Skin covered in wart-like bumps. Sticky toe pads. Large eyes with vertical pupils and no eyelids.
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