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The common chuckwalla is the species with the greatest range, found from southern California east to southern Nevada and Utah and western Arizona, and south to Baja California and northwestern Mexico. [5] The peninsular chuckwalla (S. australis) is found on the eastern portion of the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula. [6]
Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard Uma notata: Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard Uma scoparia: Mojave fringe-toed lizard Urosaurus graciosus: Long-tailed brush lizard Urosaurus nigricauda: Baja California brush lizard Urosaurus ornatus: Ornate tree lizard Uta stansburiana: Common side-blotched lizard
These lizards can be found in diverse vegetation zones, ranging from seaside dunes to inland open pine woodlands. In the Sierra Nevada , the species been spotted at elevations of up to 2050 meters (6,725’), and 1360 meters (4,461’) in Sierra de Juárez and Sierra de San Pedro Márti .
The western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) is a common lizard of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Northern Mexico, and the surrounding area. As the ventral abdomen of an adult is characteristically blue, it is also known as the blue-belly .
The desert iguana is a medium-sized lizard which averages 41 cm (16 in) in total length but can grow to a maximum of 61 cm (24 in) including the tail. [ 7] They are pale gray-tan to cream in color with a light brown reticulated pattern on their backs and sides. Down the center of the back is a row of slightly enlarged, keeled dorsal scales that ...
Taricha laevis Baird & Girard, 1853. Amblystoma rubrum Reid, 1895. The California newt or orange-bellied newt ( Taricha torosa ), is a species of newt endemic to California, in the Western United States. Its adult length can range from 5 to 8 in (13 to 20 cm). [2] Its skin produces the potent toxin tetrodotoxin.
Sauromalus ater. Sauromalus ater, also known as the common chuckwalla or northern chuckwalla, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. [2] [3] It inhabits the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its range extends from eastern California, Utah, and Nevada south to Baja California and Sonora.
Nearly 1,000 new species were discovered in 2023 by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum and the California Academy of Sciences, proving that Earth is still home to many unexplored wonders.