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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 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 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]
Geographic range and habitat. The Great Basin collared lizard is endemic to the Western United States, and is found in California, most of Nevada, southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and the western regions of Utah and Arizona. It is usually found in rocky regions of arid deserts, and is most common in desert scrub and desert wash habitats.
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.
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 ...
Urosaurus ornatus graciosus. — Mittleman, 1942. Urosaurus graciosus. — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950. The western long-tailed brush lizard ( Urosaurus graciosus) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.
Horned lizard. Phrynosoma, whose members are known as the horned lizards, horny toads, or horntoads, is a genus of North American lizards and the type genus of the family Phrynosomatidae. Their common names refer directly to their horns or to their flattened, rounded bodies, and blunt snouts. The generic name Phrynosoma means "toad-bodied".