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Anniella alexanderae. Temblor legless lizard. Anniella campi. Southern Sierra legless lizard. Anniella grinnelli. Bakersfield legless lizard. Anniella pulchra. Northern California legless lizard. Anniella stebbinsi.
The southern alligator lizard ( Elgaria multicarinata) is a common species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2] It ranges from Baja California to the state of Washington and lives in a variety of habitats including grasslands, chaparral, forests, and even urban areas.
In Southern California, the San Diego horned lizard's reproductive period ranges from early March to June. [ 10] Each year the female Blainville's horned lizard can lay about 6-21 eggs in a year. A few months after they are laid in August-September they begin to hatch. The females will lay their eggs in the Santa Monica and Simi Hills area.
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 .
This lizard used to be found in all of the San Joaquin Valley and the adjacent foothills of southern California. The Blunt-nosed leopard lizard now only occupies a few, scattered, undeveloped plots of land on the floor of the San Joaquin Valley and in the foothills of the Coast Range. San Joaquin Valley is a desert experiencing an ecological ...
Description. Anniella pulchra measures around 7 inches (18 cm) from snout to vent (excluding the tail). The slightly pointed head and eyes are both rather small—adaptations for a primarily fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle. Colors are usually a silver-bronze dorsal (back) side and a yellow underside, separated by black side-stripes or markings ...
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.
Xantus’ Swimming Crab. These crabs live in the shallow waters of the Gulf of California and have oversized front claws that they use for both defense and catching prey. Their ‘X’ name ...