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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 Urosaurus ornatus: Ornate tree lizard Uta stansburiana: Common side-blotched 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 .
In contrast to state reptiles, state birds have been more rapidly adopted, with the first state designating one in 1927 and the fiftieth in 1973. [78] As of January 2011, other types of animals more popular for state symbolization were mammals (46), [79] fish (45), [80] and insects (42). [81]
American bullfrog. Rana draytonii. California red-legged frog. Rana luteiventris. Columbia spotted frog *. Rana muscosa [e] Southern mountain yellow-legged frog. Lithobates pipiens. Northern leopard frog.
Common animals that live throughout all the state include raccoons, weasels, otters, beavers, hawks, lizards, owls, coyotes, skunks, snakes, cougars, black bears, deer, squirrels and whales. As of 2013, there are 634 bird species on the California Birds Records Committee, ten of which are introduced species which are not native to the state.
List of reptiles. Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology . The following list of reptiles lists ...
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 ...
Physical characteristics. The blunt-nosed leopard lizard ( Gambelia sila) is a relatively large lizard in the family Crotaphytidae. It has a long, regenerative tail; long, powerful hind limbs; and a short, blunt snout. Adult males are slightly larger than females, ranging in size from 3.4 to 4.7 inches (86 to 119 mm) in length, excluding tail.