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Lizards Flashcards

1
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Hemidactylus turcicus

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Gekkonidae
Introduced
Clawed toe pads

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Plyyodactylus noticolous

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Phyllodactylidae
So Cal
Expanded, square toe pads

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Coleonyx variegatus

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Eublepharidae
So Cal
Expanded toes- no toe pads
Banded

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4
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Coleonyx switaki

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Eublepharidae
So Cal
Expanded digits- no toe pads
more speckled pattern

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5
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Xantusia vigilis

Xantusia wigginsi

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Xantusiidae
vigilis- So cal
wigginsi- extreme So Cal- Baja
Large head scales 
Non descript body pattern
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6
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Xantusia henshawi

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Xantusiidae
So Cal
Spotted- leopard pattern
Large head scales

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Xantusia gracilis

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Xantusiidae
known from single locality in Anza- Borrego State Park- so cal
No lab specimen

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Xantusia riversiana

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Xantusiidae
Islands of coast of So Cal
Known to have island gigantism
Stripey/ speckled rock pattern

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9
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Sauromalus ater

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Iguanidae

SE CA

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10
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Dipsosaurus dorsalis

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Iguanidae

SE CA

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11
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Gambelia wislizenii

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Long nosed leopard lizard
Crotaphytidae
So Cal- desert

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12
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Gambelia sila

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Blunt-nosed
Crotaphytidae
Central CA

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Gambelia copeii

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Crotaphytidae

So Cal

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Crotaphytus bicinctores

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Crotaphytidae

SE and extreme NE CA

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Crotaphytus vestigium

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Crotaphytidae
Southern CA- into Baja
beautiful colors
Collar does not connect on dorsal

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16
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Callisaurus draconoides

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Phrynosomatidae

SE CA

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17
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Uma scoparia

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Mojave fringed toed
Phrynosomatidae
SE CA 
Black side blotches on venter
Flowery pattern on dorsal
18
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Uma notata

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Phrynosomatidae
SE CA
Black side blotches on venter
Note like lines on the dorsal

19
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Uma inornata

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Phrynosomatidae
SE CA
No black blotches on venter

20
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Sceloporus magister

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Desert spiny lizard
SE, central CA
Large, keeled scales

21
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Sceloporus orcutti

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Granite spiny lizard
SW CA
large, keeled scales

22
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Sceloporus occidentalis

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Western Fence Lizard
Less keeled than magister and orcutti
Widespread in CA

23
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Sceloporus graciosus

Sceloporus vandenburgianus

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Northern CA around the Sierras
SW CA
Granular scales

24
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Urosaurus ornatus

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Ornate tree lizard
Phrynosomatidae
SE CA

25
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Urosaurus graciosus

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Long-talied brush lizard
SE CA
small, granular scale
long tail
blue belly
26
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Urosaurus nigricaudus

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SW Ca

Black tail!

27
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Uta stanburiana

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Southern half of CA

side blotch

28
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Petrosaurus mearnsi

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Banded rock lizard
So CAL
speckled chin
banded all the way down
dark lizard
29
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Phynosoma douglasii

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NE CA

pgymy

30
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Phrynosoma blainvilli

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Nor Cal- absent from Sierras

two rows of side spines

31
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Phrynosoma platyrhinos

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SE, NE Ca
desert
one row of side spines

32
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Phrynosoma mcallii

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Flat tailed
SE CA
two rows of side spines
flat tail
no stomach- lab specimen
33
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Plestiodon gilberti

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absent from Nor Cal
not patterned
pink tailed juveniles

34
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Plestiodon skiltonianus

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coastal and northern CA
striped, past hide legs
blue tailed juveniles

35
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Aspidoscelis tigris

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Western whiptail

Widespread in CA

36
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Aspidoscelis hyperythrus

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Orange-throated whiptail
smaller, two side stripes
large head scales

37
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Elgaria multicarinata

A

widespread in CA

18 dorsal scale rows

38
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Elgaria coerulea

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Northern half of CA

16 dorsal scale rows

39
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Elgaira panamintina

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Panamint mountains, Mojave desert

40
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Anniella pulchra

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Anniellidae

Coastal from So Cal to Bay Area

41
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Heloderma suspectum

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Se CA

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