Gastropholis is a genus of Equatorial African lacertid lizards of the family Lacertidae which is distributed in southern Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana, western Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, eastern Kenya, Tanzania and south to northeastern Mozambique.

[2][3] Gastropholis is derived from the ancient Greek words "gaster" (γαστήρ) which means "belly, stomach" and, "pholis" (φολῐ́ς), a "horny scale of a reptile".

They inhabit forests, woodland and thicket of coastal plains from sea level to 2000 m altitude.

Usually they live high up in the trees 10 m or more above ground level and hide in holes or under loose bark.

For sun-basking and feeding (insects and other arthropods, also smaller lizards) they move on branches using their prehensile tails as balancing organs.