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Western fence lizard Sceloporus orcutti: Granite spiny lizard Sceloporus uniformis: Yellow-backed spiny lizard Uma inornata: 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
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]
The common house gecko ( Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania. It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tiktiki, chipkali [3] or moon lizard . These geckos are nocturnal; hiding during the day and foraging for insects at night.
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. [8]
Tropical house geckos are small lizards, having an average total length of 10-12.7 cm (3.9-5 in) [5] and an average mass of 4.6 g (0.16 oz). Females are on average somewhat larger than males, with the male snout-vent length being 51.56 mm (2 in) and the female snout-vent length being 54.47 mm (2.1 in). [6] While normally colored in black and ...
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 .
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.
Anniella stebbinsi, the Southern California or San Diegan legless lizard, [1] [2] is a small, slender lizard, and, as the name suggests, is legless. [3] Not much is known about the lizard as a unique species, with most observations conducted while it was not recognised as separate from Anniella pulchra , the Californian legless lizard.