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title: "Common Monkey Lizard"
description: "Polychrus marmoratus — Reptiles. Polychrus marmoratus or many-colored bush anole is a species of bush anole."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-monkey-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Monkey Lizard

> Polychrus marmoratus — Reptiles. Polychrus marmoratus or many-colored bush anole  is a species of bush anole.

- Scientific name: *Polychrus marmoratus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 960
- Wikidata: [Q2892468](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2892468)
- iNaturalist taxon: [109964](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/109964)

## Names

- en: Common Monkey Lizard
- de: Buntleguan
- fr: Polychre caméléon

## Countries with the most observations

BR (289), CO (260), GF (196), EC (47), PE (40), SR (25), GY (16)

## Summary

Polychrus marmoratus or many-colored bush anole  is a species of bush anole. It is also commonly referred to as the monkey lizard due to its slow movement. The lizard has many predators, including spiders and primates.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrus_marmoratus

## Photo

![Common Monkey Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-monkey-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew J. Crawford · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208486248

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-monkey-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).