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title: "Golden Spectacled Tegu"
description: "Gymnophthalmus speciosus — Reptiles. Gymnophthalmus speciosus, the golden spectacled tegu, is a microteiid lizard found in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/golden-spectacled-tegu
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Golden Spectacled Tegu

> Gymnophthalmus speciosus — Reptiles. Gymnophthalmus speciosus, the golden spectacled tegu, is a microteiid lizard found in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.

- Scientific name: *Gymnophthalmus speciosus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 599
- Wikidata: [Q2711978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2711978)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34965](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34965)

## Names

- en: Golden Spectacled Tegu
- es: Lagartija anteojada dorada

## Countries with the most observations

CO (151), CR (112), HN (101), PA (86), NI (41), MX (15), SV (14), GT (5)

## Summary

Gymnophthalmus speciosus, the golden spectacled tegu, is a microteiid lizard found in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. It is a small, cylindrical lizard with a long tail and a tendency to reduced extremeties.

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

## Photo

![Golden Spectacled Tegu](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-spectacled-tegu/medium.jpg)

Photo: maryury · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79346303

## Machine access

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