Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Iran
 49
No. 2
Turkey
 42
No. 3
Spain
 37
No. 4
South Africa
 27
No. 5
Georgia
 26
No. 6
Namibia
 25
No. 7
China
 24
No. 8
Saudi Arabia
 24
No. 9
Somalia
 23
No. 10
Algeria
 22
No. 11
Morocco
 22
No. 12
Azerbaijan
 21
No. 13
Greece
 20
No. 14
Jordan
 20
No. 15
Russia
 20
No. 16
Egypt
 18
No. 17
Armenia
 17
No. 18
Afghanistan
 16
No. 19
Ethiopia
 16
No. 20
Italy
 16
No. 21
Kenya
 16
No. 22
Yemen
 16
No. 23
Tanzania
 15
No. 24
Albania
 14
No. 25
Angola
 14
No. 26
Congo-Kinshasa
 14
No. 27
France
 14
No. 28
Iraq
 14
No. 29
Syria
 14
No. 30
Tunisia
 14
No. 31
India
 13
No. 32
Israel
 13
No. 33
Pakistan
 13
No. 34
Turkmenistan
 13
No. 35
Botswana
 12
No. 36
Croatia
 12
No. 37
Mauritania
 12
No. 38
Montenegro
 12
No. 39
Oman
 12
No. 40
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 11
No. 41
Kazakhstan
 11
No. 42
Libya
 11
No. 43
Mali
 11
No. 44
Niger
 11
No. 45
Portugal
 11
No. 46
Mozambique
 10
No. 47
Sudan
 10
No. 48
United Arab Emirates
 10
No. 49
Uzbekistan
 10
No. 50
Western Sahara
 10
No. 51
Bulgaria
 9
No. 52
Mongolia
 9
No. 53
Serbia
 9
No. 54
Slovenia
 9
No. 55
Tajikistan
 9
No. 56
Zimbabwe
 9
No. 57
Canary Islands [Spain]
 8
No. 58
Kyrgyzstan
 8
No. 59
Lebanon
 8
No. 60
Macedonia
 8
No. 61
Romania
 8
No. 62
Zambia
 8
No. 63
Andorra
 7
No. 64
Cameroon
 7
No. 65
Chad
 7
No. 66
Eritrea
 7
No. 67
Malawi
 7
No. 68
Nigeria
 7
No. 69
Taiwan
 7
No. 70
Uganda
 7
No. 71
Central African Republic
 6
No. 72
Djibouti
 6
No. 73
Japan
 6
No. 74
Kuwait
 6
No. 75
Senegal
 6
No. 76
Ukraine
 6
No. 77
Austria
 5
No. 78
Germany
 5
No. 79
Ghana
 5
No. 80
Hungary
 5
No. 81
Moldova
 5
No. 82
Qatar
 5
No. 83
Czech Republic
 4
No. 84
Gabon
 4
No. 85
Lesotho
 4
No. 86
Slovakia
 4
No. 87
South Korea
 4
No. 88
Switzerland
 4
No. 89
United Kingdom
 4
No. 90
Vietnam
 4
No. 91
Belgium
 3
No. 92
Benin
 3
No. 93
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 94
Cyprus
 3
No. 95
Equatorial Guinea
 3
No. 96
Eswatini
 3
No. 97
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
 3
No. 98
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 99
Luxembourg
 3
No. 100
Netherlands
 3
No. 101
North Korea
 3
No. 102
Poland
 3
No. 103
Rwanda
 3
No. 104
San Marino
 3
No. 105
South Sudan
 3
No. 106
Togo
 3
No. 107
Bahrain
 2
No. 108
Belarus
 2
No. 109
Burundi
 2
No. 110
Congo-Brazzaville
 2
No. 111
Denmark
 2
No. 112
Estonia
 2
No. 113
Guinea
 2
No. 114
Latvia
 2
No. 115
Liechtenstein
 2
No. 116
Lithuania
 2
No. 117
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 2
No. 118
Sri Lanka
 2
No. 119
Sweden
 2
No. 120
Cambodia
 1
No. 121
Finland
 1
No. 122
Gambia
 1
No. 123
Guinea-Bissau
 1
No. 124
Indonesia
 1
No. 125
Laos
 1
No. 126
Liberia
 1
No. 127
Madeira [Portugal]
 1
No. 128
Malaysia
 1
No. 129
Malta
 1
No. 130
Myanmar
 1
No. 131
Norway
 1
No. 132
Republic of Ireland
 1
No. 133
Selvagens Islands [Portugal]
 1
No. 134
Sierra Leone
 1
No. 135
Thailand
 1