Family: Anguidae (Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards)
Genus: Ophisaurus (Glass Lizards)
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 (Toothy Skinks) and Scincella (Ground Skinks)
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 (Whiptails)
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| 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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| 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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| Rare with no vouchered specimen for AR. (Populations in the state previously identified as this species have been reclassified as S. consobrinus.) 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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~ Introduced Exotics ~
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| 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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