Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Common Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana
Western Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana elegans
Yarrow, 1882| Species Description |
Blue = range of this lizard
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| Adult male, La Paz County, Arizona | Adult male, La Paz County, Arizona | Adult male, La Paz County, Arizona | Adult female, La Paz County, Arizona |
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| Adult male, Maricopa County, Arizona | Adult male with little throat coloring, Washington County, Utah | ||
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| Adult male, Pima County, Arizona |
Adult male, Yuma County, Arizona | Adult female, Coconino County, Arizona © Denise Kocek |
Adult male, Yuma County, Arizona |
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| Adult female, Coconino County, Arizona © Denise Kocek |
Adult male, Coconino County, Arizona © Denise Kocek |
Adult female emerging from a hole, Yavai County, Arizona | Adult male, Washington County, Utah |
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| Habitat, Maricopa County, Arizona | Habitat, Washington County, Utah | Habitat, La Paz County, Arizona | |
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| A male side-blotched lizard tries to pursuade a female, chasing her and displaying. She is not interested, so she runs off the rock into the San Diego County desert. | Common Side-blotched lizards in the Mohave Desert in San Bernardino County bask on rocks, do territorial push-ups and move around in the desert. | Walking through the San Bernardino County Mohave desert we discover several of these common lizards basking in the sun. | A female side-blotched lizard in the San Diego County desert repeatedly goes in and out of a small hole under an exposed root, digging out the sand with her feet and pushing it lower with her body. It's the middle of the May breeding season, so maybe she is digging out a place to lay her eggs. |
Southwest Reptiles & Amphibians
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