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Adult southern alligator lizard, San Joaquin County California. The southern alligator lizard measures from 3 to 7 in (8 to 18 cm) in snout-to-vent length (SVL). Including tail, it can reach a foot in length (30 cm). [3] It has a round thick body with small legs and a long somewhat prehensile tail that can be twice as long as the lizard's body. [2]
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.
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 .
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 ...
An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 360 kg (790 lb) and 4 m (13 ft), but they sometimes grow to 4.4 m (14 ft) long and weigh over 450 kg (990 lb). [ 11 ] The largest ever recorded, found in Louisiana, measured 5.84 m (19.2 ft). [ 12 ] The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 2.1 m (7 ft) in length.
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 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.
Iguanas are very large lizards, some of which can reach lengths of up to 2 m (6.6 ft) and mass more than 10 kg (22 lb). They are the largest lizards after some large species of monitor lizards, and the largest lizards in the New World. Iguanas vary considerably in size and form, but even the smallest lizards in this family are still quite large.