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title: "Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard"
description: "Liolaemus tenuis — Gady. Liolaemus tenuis, known as the jewel lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/blue-green-smooth-throated-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard

> Liolaemus tenuis — Gady. Liolaemus tenuis, known as the jewel lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae.

- Scientific name: *Liolaemus tenuis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5418
- Wikidata: [Q797007](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797007)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39111](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39111)

## Names

- en: Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard
- de: Smaragd-Erdleguan
- es: Lagartija esbelta
- nl: Groene aardleguaan

## Countries with the most observations

CL (5120), AR (133)

## Summary

Liolaemus tenuis, known as the jewel lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. Other names are thin tree iguana, slender lizard and thin lizard. 
It is endemic to Chile.
It is a relatively small species, with a 5.5 cm snout–vent length. Of diurnal habits, it feeds mainly of insects. It is sometimes kept as a pet.

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

## Photo

![Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-green-smooth-throated-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nutri Gabi Barrera · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282465916

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-green-smooth-throated-lizard?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).