Family

South American Lesser Iguanas

Liolaemidae

8 species in our catalog · found in 5 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyLiolaemidae (South American Lesser Iguanas)

Species in this group

Liolaemus pictus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

LC Endemic

Liolaemus melanops

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Liolaemus chungara

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Liolaemus jamesi

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Liolaemus darwinii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Liolaemus gracilis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Liolaemus cyanogaster

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Liolaemus sarmientoi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~60%

Jan

~50%

Feb

~50%

Mar

~40%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~50%

Oct

~50%

Nov

~50%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see South American Lesser Iguanas

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 47 species, darker where more of them overlap (GARD, Roll et al. 2017 & Caetano et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	3 of 8	~90%
	Black-faced Smooth-throated Lizard			~70%
	Bahia Blanca Smooth-throated Lizard			~40%
	Graceful Tree Iguana			~30%
2	Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	2 of 8	~80%
	Painted Tree Iguana			~80%
	Cyan Tree Iguana			~20%
3	Lauca National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	2 of 8	~80%
	Chungará-glatstrubeleguan			~60%
	Tarapaca Smooth-throated Lizard			~40%
4	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 8	~50%
	Painted Tree Iguana			~50%
5	Torres del Paine National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	1 of 8	~20%
	Austral Smooth-throated lizard			~20%