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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.
The northern alligator lizard is a medium-sized slender lizard. Adults reach a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 10 cm (3.9 in) and a total length (including tail) of roughly 27.5 cm (10.8 in). It has a distinct skin fold on each side, separating the keeled scales on the back from the smooth ventral scales.
Anniella alexanderae. Temblor legless lizard. Anniella campi. Southern Sierra legless lizard. Anniella grinnelli. Bakersfield legless lizard. Anniella pulchra. Northern California legless lizard. Anniella stebbinsi.
northern alligator lizard. Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon to the coastal range and the Sierra Nevada in central California. Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838. Madrean alligator Lizard. southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern ...
The western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) is a common lizard of California and the surrounding area. Because the ventral abdomen of an adult is characteristically blue, it is also known as the blue-belly. Immature western fence lizards have aquamarine-colored bellies. It is a member of the genus Sceloporus, and therefore is a spiny lizard.
Family: Lizards Anguidae. Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea) is a medium-sized lizard that occurs along the Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon to the coastal range and the Sierra Nevada in central California.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians ), encompassing over 7,000 species, [ 1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The grouping is paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other ...
Description. Anniella pulchra, Los Osos, CA. 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 ...