Alligator & Glass LizardsAnguidae is a large and diverse family of lizards native to the northern hemisphere. The group includes the slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards, among others. Their closest living relatives are the helodermatid lizards. They have hard osteoderms beneath their scales, and many of the species have reduced or absent limbs, giving them a snake-like appearance, although others are fully limbed.
Anguids are carnivorous or insectivorous, and inhabit a wide range of different habitats. The group includes both egg-laying and viviparous species. Most species are terrestrial, although some climb trees.
Anguinae
- Anguis - Slow worms
- Peloponnese Slow Worm Anguis cephallonica -
- Anguis fragilis
- Ophisaurus - Glass lizards
- Ophisaurus apodus Scheltopusik
- Ophisaurus attenuatus Slender glass lizard
- Ophisaurus buettikoferi Borneo glass lizard
- Ophisaurus ceroni Ceron's glass lizard
- Ophisaurus compressus Island glass lizard
- Ophisaurus formosensis Formosan glass lizard
- Ophisaurus gracilis Burmese glass lizard
- Ophisaurus hainanensis
- Ophisaurus harti Chinese glass lizard or Mud Dragon
- Ophisaurus incomptus
- Ophisaurus koellikeri Moroccan glass lizard
- Ophisaurus mimicus Mimic glass lizard
- Ophisaurus sokolovi
- Ophisaurus ventralis Eastern glass lizard
- Ophisaurus wegneri Sumatra glass lizard
- Ophisaurus sagget Sagget lizard
Diploglossinae
- Celestus - Galliwasps
- Celestus agasepsoides
- Celestus badius
- Celestus barbouri
- Celestus bivittatus
- Celestus costatus
- Celestus crusculus
- Celestus curtissi
- Celestus cyanochloris
- Celestus darlingtoni
- Celestus duquesneyi
- Celestus enneagrammus
- Celestus fowleri
- Celestus haetianus
- Celestus hewardi
- Celestus hylaius
- Celestus macrotus
- Celestus marcanoi
- Celestus microblepharis
- Celestus montanus
- Celestus occiduus - (extinct)
- Celestus orobius
- Celestus rozellae
- Celestus scansorius
- Celestus sepsoides
- Celestus stenurus
- Celestus warreni
- Diploglossus - (18 species)
- Ophiodes - Worm lizards (4 species)
Gerrhonotinae - Alligator lizards
- Gerrhonotus
- Abronia - Arboreal
