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The Reptile & Amphibian Encyclopediahighest recorded

The highest living

None of these animals make their own heat. Every degree they run on is borrowed from the sun — and the ones at the top of this list are doing it higher than the summit of Mont Blanc.

The figure is the highest elevation anyone has recorded the species at, not where it usually lives. A single verified animal on a ridge sets it.

Ranked on highest recorded elevation, which 9,453 species carry. 12,119 have no figure recorded at all and cannot appear here. An elevation figure needs somebody to have found the animal and written down where; for most species nobody has.

Recorded highest

  1. Ablepharus ladacensisLadak Ground Skink5,490mcitedabove sea level
  2. Liolaemus tacnaeLiolaemidae5,400mcitedabove sea level
  3. Phrynocephalus erythrurusKeria Toadhead Agama5,300mcitedabove sea level
  4. Phrynocephalus theobaldiSnow Lizard5,200mcitedabove sea level
  5. Liolaemus nigricepsBlack Tree Iguana5,100mcitedabove sea level
  6. Liolaemus polystictusLiolaemidae5,020mcitedabove sea level
  7. Laudakia tuberculataKashmir Rock Agama5,000mcitedabove sea level
  8. Liolaemus irregularisLiolaemidae5,000mcitedabove sea level
  9. Liolaemus signiferZodiac Tree Iguana5,000mcitedabove sea level
  10. Phymaturus mallimacciiThorntail Mountain Lizard5,000mcitedabove sea level
  11. Liolaemus pachacutecLiolaemidae4,980mcitedabove sea level
  12. Liolaemus andinusAndes Tree Iguana4,900mcitedabove sea level
  13. Liolaemus scrocchiiLiolaemidae4,900mcitedabove sea level
  14. Thermophis baileyiXizang Hot-spring Keel-back4,900mcitedabove sea level
  15. Gloydius himalayanusHimalayan Pitviper4,880mcitedabove sea level
  16. Liolaemus alticolorBrilliant Tree Iguana4,800mcitedabove sea level
  17. Liolaemus ornatusOrnate Tree Iguana4,800mcitedabove sea level
  18. Phymaturus antofagastensisAntofagasta Chuckwalla4,800mcitedabove sea level
  19. Liolaemus walkeriWalker's Tree Iguana4,760mcitedabove sea level
  20. Gloydius rubromaculatusTongtianhe pit viper4,700mcitedabove sea level
  21. Incaspis simonsiiSimon's Racer4,700mcitedabove sea level
  22. Liolaemus forsteriForster's Tree Iguana4,700mcitedabove sea level
  23. Liolaemus jamesiJames’ Jararanco4,700mcitedabove sea level
  24. Liolaemus pagaburoiLiolaemidae4,700mcitedabove sea level
  25. Liolaemus melanogasterLiolaemidae4,660mcitedabove sea level
  26. Liolaemus annectensCaylloma Smooth-throated Lizard4,650mcitedabove sea level
  27. Liolaemus huacahuasicusLiolaemidae4,650mcitedabove sea level
  28. Liolaemus qalaywaLiolaemidae4,620mcitedabove sea level
  29. Liolaemus tacoraTacora lizard4,610mcitedabove sea level
  30. Crotalus triseriatusWestern Dusky Rattlesnake4,600mcitedabove sea level
  31. Liolaemus griseusGray Tree Iguana4,600mcitedabove sea level
  32. Liolaemus vulcanusLiolaemidae4,600mcitedabove sea level
  33. Phrynocephalus vlangaliiChing Hai Toadhead Agama4,600mcitedabove sea level
  34. Tachymenis peruvianaPeru Slender Snake4,600mcitedabove sea level
  35. Liolaemus chungaraLiolaemidae4,590mcitedabove sea level
  36. Liolaemus pantherinusPanther Tree Iguana4,570mcitedabove sea level
  37. Liolaemus puritamensisPuritama’s lizard4,533mcitedabove sea level
  38. Liolaemus warjantayLiolaemidae4,530mcitedabove sea level
  39. Liolaemus igneusPuna reddish lizard4,510mcitedabove sea level
  40. Ablepharus himalayanusHimalaya Ground Skink4,500mcitedabove sea level