The Giant Ameiva is known in Spanish as Borriguero, and is found in Central and South America. It is also known as the Green Ameiva due to the color of the males. Photo from Summit Park in the Canal Zone of Panama.
A female Amazon Racer or Giant Ameiva suns itself on a sidewalk near Leticia, Colombia. These are found though much of tropical South America. Note the long toes. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/snakes/index.html