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title: "Rainbow Whiptail"
description: "Cnemidophorus lemniscatus — Gady. The rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) is a species of lizard found in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rainbow-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rainbow Whiptail

> Cnemidophorus lemniscatus — Gady. The rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) is a species of lizard found in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.

- Scientific name: *Cnemidophorus lemniscatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 746
- Wikidata: [Q1421931](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1421931)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98083)

## Names

- en: Rainbow Whiptail
- de: Tüpfelrennechse
- es: Lagartija azul
- fr: Cnémidophore ponctué
- nl: Wenkpootje

## Countries with the most observations

US (216), TT (114), BR (102), SR (96), GF (56), GY (38), VE (14)

## Summary

The rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) is a species of lizard found in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It has also been introduced in Florida and has established populations there. A rainbow whiptail grows up to approximately 12 inches (30.5 cm).
Both sexually reproducing and parthenogenetic populations are known.

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

## Photo

![Rainbow Whiptail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rainbow-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153667552

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rainbow-whiptail?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).