Abbreviations Introduction The Squamate Fauna of Alabama Indigenous Species Introduced Species Taxonomic Changes and Problems Climate of Alabama Alabama Geography River Basins Important Geographic Units The Coastal Plain Lower Coastal Plain Red Hills Black Belt Fall Line Hills Upland Regions Piedmont Talladega Upland Ridge and Valley Appalachian Plateaus Tennessee Valley Highland Rim Species Accounts Keys Names Photographs Descriptions Alabama Distribution Habits Conservation and Management Taxonomy Lizards and Snakes - Squamata Key to the Major Lineages of Squamata of Alabama Iguanians - Group Iguania Key to Families of Iguania of Alabama Anoles - Family Dactyloidae Key to the Genera of Dactyloidae of Alabama Beta Anoles - Genus Norops Cuban Brown Anole ( Norops sagrei sagrei ) Anoles - Genus Anolis Northern Green Anole ( Anolis carolinensis carolinensis ) Spiny Lizards - Family Phyrynosomatidae Key to the Genera of Phrynosomatidae of Alabama Horned Lizards - Genus Phrynosoma Texas Horned Lizard ( Phrynosoma cornutum ) Spiny Lizards - Genus Sceloporus Eastern Fence Lizard ( Sceloporus undulatus ) Gekkotans - Group Gekkota True Geckos - Family Gekkonidae House Geckos - Genus Hemidactylus Turkish House Gecko ( Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus ) Scincomorps - Group Scincomorph Key to the Families of Scincomorphs of Alabama Skinks - Family Scincidae Key to the Genera of Scincidae of Alabama Ground Skinks - Genus Scincella Ground Skink ( Scincella lateralis ) Toothy Skinks - Genus Plestiodon Key to the Species of Plestiodon of Alabama Coal Skink ( Plestiodon anthracinus ) Key to the Subspecies of Plestiodon anthracinus of Alabama Northern Coal Skink ( Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus ).