Lizards in the Gekkota clade made up a disproportionately large number of lizard species described in 2018. There were 55 species inthe family Gekkonidae, 4 species in the family Phyllodactylidae, and one Eublepharidae – for a total; of 60 geckos. Thus, 113 species of lizards described this past year, 53% were geckos. Skinks were next with 16.8% of the species described. Both clades, geckos and skinks, contain the largest number of lizard species. Perhaps most surprising is the description of only one species of Anolis – the largest genus of lizards – with 427 species.
Agamidae
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Lophocalotes achlios Harvey, Scrivani, Shaney, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith, 2018
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Agamidae
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Monilesaurus acanthocephalus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018
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Agamidae
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Monilesaurus montanus Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018
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Agamidae
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Sitana attenboroughii Sadasivan, Ramesh, Palot, Ambekar & Mirza, 2018
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Agamidae
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Sitana gokakensis Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth, 2018
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Agamidae
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Sitana thondalu Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth, 2018
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Anguidae
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Gerrhonotus mccoyi García-Vázquez, Contreras-Arquieta, Trujano-Ortega & Nieto-Montes De Oca, 2018
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Chamaeleonidae
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Calumma juliae Prötzel, Vences, Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ratsoavina & Glaw, 2018
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Chamaeleonidae
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Calumma lefona Prötzel, Vences, Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ratsoavina & Glaw, 2018
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Chamaeleonidae
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Calumma roaloko Prötzel, Lambert, Andrianasolo, Hutter, Cobb, Scherz & Glaw, 2018
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Chamaeleonidae
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Calumma uetzi Prötzel, Vences, Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ratsoavina & Glaw, 2018
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Corytophanidae
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Laemanctus julioi Mccranie, 2018
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Dactyloidae
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Anolis dracula Yánez-Muñoz, Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Velasco, Ayala-Varela, Torres-Carvajal, 2018
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Diplodactylidae
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Oedura argentea Hoskin, Zozaya & Vanderduys, 2018
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Eublepharidae
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Goniurosaurus zhoui Zhou, Wang, Chen & Liang, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Agamura kermanensis Hosseinian-Yousefkhani, Aliabadian, Rastegar-Pouyani, Darvish, Shafiei & Sehhatisabet, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cnemaspis ajijae Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cnemaspis amboliensis Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cnemaspis anamudiensis Cyriac, Johny, Umesh & Palot, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cnemaspis limayei Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cnemaspis maculicollis Cyriac, Johny, Umesh & Palot, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cnemaspis mahabali Sayyed, Pyron & Dileepkumar, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus bayinnyiensis Grismer, Wood Jr, Thura, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Herr, Lin & Kyaw, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus bhupathyi Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus chamba Agarwal, Khandekar & Bauer, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus chaunghanakwaensis Grismer, Wood Jr, Thura, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Herr, Lin & Kyaw, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus meersi Grismer, Wood, Quah, Murdoch, M Grismer, Herr, Espinoza, Brown & Lin, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus myintkyawthurai Grismer, Wood, Quah, Murdoch, M Grismer, Herr, Espinoza, Brown & Lin, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus naungkayaingensis Grismer, Wood Jr, Thura, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Herr, Lin & Kyaw, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus sangi Pauwels, Nazarov, Bobrov & Poyarkov, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus tahuna Riyanto, Arida & Koch, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus tanahjampea Riyanto, Hamidy & Mcguire, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus thathomensis Nazarov, Pauwels, Konstantinov, Chulisov, Orlov & Poyarkov, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus tripuraensis Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Cyrtodactylus ywanganensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Quah, M Grismer, Murdoch, Espinoza & Lin, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Ebenavia robusta Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Ebenavia safari Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Ebenavia tuelinae Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Crottini & Glaw, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra capensis Kealley, Doughty, Pepper, Keogh, Hillyer & Huey, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra crypta Kealley, Doughty, Pepper, Keogh, Hillyer & Huey, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra fenestrula Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra finipunctata Doughty, Bauer, Pepper, Keogh & Ellis, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra granulum Doughty, Palmer, Bourke, Tedeschi, Oliver & Moritz, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra incognita Kealley, Doughty, Pepper, Keogh, Hillyer & Huey, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra macra Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra media Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra micra Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra ocellata Kealley, Doughty, Pepper, Keogh, Hillyer & Huey, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra paranana Bourke, Doughty, Tedeschi, Oliver & Moritz, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra peninsularis Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra pluraporosa Bourke, Doughty, Tedeschi, Oliver, Myers & Moritz, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra polka Doughty, Bauer, Pepper & Keogh, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra pseudopunctata Doughty, Bourke, Tedeschi, Oliver & Moritz, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Gehyra unguiculata Kealley, Doughty, Pepper, Keogh, Hillyer & Huey, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemidactylus paaragowli Srikanthan, Swamy, Mohan & Pal, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemidactylus sahgali Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemidactylus siva Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Kumar, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemidactylus vanam Chaitanya, Lajmi & Giri, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemidactylus whitakeri Mirza, Gowande, Patil, Ambekar & Patel, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemiphyllodactylus flaviventris Sukprasert, Sutthiwises, Lauhachinda & Taksintum, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis Sung, Lee, Ng, Zhang & Yang, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemiphyllodactylus khlonglanensis Sukprasert, Sutthiwises, Lauhachinda & Taksintum, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemiphyllodactylus uga Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw & Lwin, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Hemiphyllodactylus ywanganensis Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Quah, Murdoch, Grismer, Li, Kyaw & Lwin, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Paroedura fasciata Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Paroedura kloki Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Paroedura spelaea Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Ptychozoon popaense Grismer, Wood, Thura, M Grismer, Brown & Stuart, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Trigonodactylus persicus Nazarov, Melnikov, Radjabizadeh & Poyarkov, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Tropiocolotes confusus Machado, Smíd, Mazuch, Sindaco, Shukaili, Carranza, 2018
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Gekkonidae
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Tropiocolotes hormozganensis Rajabizadeh, Faizi, Anderson, Zarrintab & Nazarov, 2018
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Gymnophthalmidae
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Alopoglossus meloi Ribeiro-Júnior, 2018
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Gymnophthalmidae
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Anadia buenaventura Betancourt, Reyes-Puig, Lobos, Yánez-Muñoz & Torres-Carvajal, 2018
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Gymnophthalmidae
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Cercosaura snordosquama Sturaro, Rodrigues, Colli, Knowles & Avila-Pires, 2018
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Gymnophthalmidae
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Neusticurus arekuna Kok, Bittenbinder, Van Den Berg, Marques-Souza, Sales-Nunes, Laking, Teixeira Jr, Fouquet, Means, Macculloch & Rodrigues, 2018
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Gymnophthalmidae
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Selvasaura brava Moravec, Šmid, Štundl & Lehr, 2018
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Lacertidae
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Mesalina arnoldi Sindaco, Simó-Riudalbas, Sacchi & Carranza, 2018
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Lacertidae
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Mesalina austroarabica Sindaco, Simó-Riudalbas, Sacchi & Carranza, 2018
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Lacertidae
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Ophisops kutchensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018
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Lacertidae
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Ophisops pushkarensis Agarwal, Khandekar, Ramakrishnan, Vyas & Giri, 2018
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Liolaemidae
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Liolaemus absconditus Vega, Quinteros, Stellatelli, Bellagamba, Block & Madrid, 2018
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Liolaemidae
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Liolaemus antonietae Troncoso-Palacios, Esquerré, Urra, Díaz, Castro-Pastene & Ruiz, 2018
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Liolaemidae
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Liolaemus evaristoi Gutiérrez, Chaparro, Vásquez, Quiroz, Aguilar-Kirgin & Abdala, 2018
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Phrynosomatidae
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Sceloporus esperanzae Mccranie, 2018
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Phrynosomatidae
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Sceloporus hondurensis Mccranie, 2018
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Phyllodactylidae
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Homonota marthae Cacciali, Morando, Avila & Köhler, 2018
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Phyllodactylidae
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Phyllodactylus benedettii Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018
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Phyllodactylidae
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Phyllodactylus kropotkini Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018
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Phyllodactylidae
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Phyllopezus heuteri Cacciali, Lotzkat, Gamble & Köhler, 2018
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Scincidae
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Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018
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Scincidae
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Acontias Wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018
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Scincidae
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Carlia crypta Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018
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Scincidae
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Eremiascincus rubiginosus Mecke & Doughty, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lampropholis bellendenkerensis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lampropholis elliotensis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lampropholis similis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lygosoma kinabatanganensis Grismer, Quah, Duzulkafly & Yambun, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lygosoma peninsulare Grismer, Quah, Duzulkafly & Yambun, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lygosoma samajaya Karin, Freitas, Shonleben, Grismer, Bauer & Das, 2018
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Scincidae
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Lygosoma siamensis Siler, Heitz, Davis, Freitas, Aowphol, Termprayoon & Grismer, 2018
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Scincidae
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Oligosoma hoparatea Whitaker, Chapple, Hitchmough, Lettink & Patterson, 2018
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Scincidae
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Oligosoma kardesi Kornilios, Kumlutas, Lymberakis & Ilgaz, 2018
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Scincidae
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Panaspis thomensis Ceríaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus, 2018
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Scincidae
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Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan & Poyarkov, 2018
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Scincidae
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Scolecoseps broadleyi Verburgt, Verburgt & Branch, 2018
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Scincidae
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Sphenomorphus yersini Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Orlov & Murphy, 2018
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Scincidae
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Tytthoscincus keciktuek Grismer, Wood Jr, Ahmad, Baizul-Hafsyam, Afiq-Shuhaimi, Rizal4& Quah, 2018
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Scincidae
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Tytthoscincus monticolus Grismer, Wood Jr, Ahmad, Baizul-Hafsyam, Afiq-Shuhaimi, Rizal4& Quah, 2018
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Teiidae
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Ameivula apipensis Arias, Recoder, Álvarez, Ethcepare, Quipildor, Lobo & Rodrigues, 2018
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Teiidae
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Tupinambis matipu Silva, Ribeiro-Júnior & Ávila-Pires, 2018
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Tropiduridae
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Tropidurus azurduyae Carvalho, Rivas, Céspedes & Rodrigues, 2018
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Xantusiidae
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Lepidophyma inagoi Palacios-Aguilar, Santos-Bibiano & Flores-Villela, 2018
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Xenosauridae
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Xenosaurus fractus Nieto-Montes De Oca, Sánchez-Vega & Durán-Fuentes, 2018
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