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Butterfly Lizards
Leiolepis
Leiolepis, commonly known as butterfly lizards or butterfly agamas (Thai: แย้), are group of agamid lizards. They are native to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Vietnam, and Hainan (China). The genus includes both sexual and asexual species. Leiolepis is the sole genus of subfamily Leiolepidinae.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Common Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis belliana
Red-banded Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis rubritaeniata
Reeves' Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis reevesii
Spotted Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis guttata
Eyed Butterfly Agama
speciesLeiolepis ocellata
Peters’ Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis guentherpetersi
Songkhla Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis boehmei
Malayan Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis triploida
Ngo Van Tri’s Lady Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis ngovantrii
Leiolepis glaurung
speciesLeiolepis glaurung
Burmese Butterfly Lizard
speciesLeiolepis peguensis
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 31535.