Lizards Flashcards
Hemidactylus turcicus
Gekkonidae
Introduced
Clawed toe pads
Plyyodactylus noticolous
Phyllodactylidae
So Cal
Expanded, square toe pads
Coleonyx variegatus
Eublepharidae
So Cal
Expanded toes- no toe pads
Banded
Coleonyx switaki
Eublepharidae
So Cal
Expanded digits- no toe pads
more speckled pattern
Xantusia vigilis
Xantusia wigginsi
Xantusiidae vigilis- So cal wigginsi- extreme So Cal- Baja Large head scales Non descript body pattern
Xantusia henshawi
Xantusiidae
So Cal
Spotted- leopard pattern
Large head scales
Xantusia gracilis
Xantusiidae
known from single locality in Anza- Borrego State Park- so cal
No lab specimen
Xantusia riversiana
Xantusiidae
Islands of coast of So Cal
Known to have island gigantism
Stripey/ speckled rock pattern
Sauromalus ater
Iguanidae
SE CA
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Iguanidae
SE CA
Gambelia wislizenii
Long nosed leopard lizard
Crotaphytidae
So Cal- desert
Gambelia sila
Blunt-nosed
Crotaphytidae
Central CA
Gambelia copeii
Crotaphytidae
So Cal
Crotaphytus bicinctores
Crotaphytidae
SE and extreme NE CA
Crotaphytus vestigium
Crotaphytidae
Southern CA- into Baja
beautiful colors
Collar does not connect on dorsal
Callisaurus draconoides
Phrynosomatidae
SE CA
Uma scoparia
Mojave fringed toed Phrynosomatidae SE CA Black side blotches on venter Flowery pattern on dorsal
Uma notata
Phrynosomatidae
SE CA
Black side blotches on venter
Note like lines on the dorsal
Uma inornata
Phrynosomatidae
SE CA
No black blotches on venter
Sceloporus magister
Desert spiny lizard
SE, central CA
Large, keeled scales
Sceloporus orcutti
Granite spiny lizard
SW CA
large, keeled scales
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Fence Lizard
Less keeled than magister and orcutti
Widespread in CA
Sceloporus graciosus
Sceloporus vandenburgianus
Northern CA around the Sierras
SW CA
Granular scales
Urosaurus ornatus
Ornate tree lizard
Phrynosomatidae
SE CA
Urosaurus graciosus
Long-talied brush lizard SE CA small, granular scale long tail blue belly
Urosaurus nigricaudus
SW Ca
Black tail!
Uta stanburiana
Southern half of CA
side blotch
Petrosaurus mearnsi
Banded rock lizard So CAL speckled chin banded all the way down dark lizard
Phynosoma douglasii
NE CA
pgymy
Phrynosoma blainvilli
Nor Cal- absent from Sierras
two rows of side spines
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
SE, NE Ca
desert
one row of side spines
Phrynosoma mcallii
Flat tailed SE CA two rows of side spines flat tail no stomach- lab specimen
Plestiodon gilberti
absent from Nor Cal
not patterned
pink tailed juveniles
Plestiodon skiltonianus
coastal and northern CA
striped, past hide legs
blue tailed juveniles
Aspidoscelis tigris
Western whiptail
Widespread in CA
Aspidoscelis hyperythrus
Orange-throated whiptail
smaller, two side stripes
large head scales
Elgaria multicarinata
widespread in CA
18 dorsal scale rows
Elgaria coerulea
Northern half of CA
16 dorsal scale rows
Elgaira panamintina
Panamint mountains, Mojave desert
Anniella pulchra
Anniellidae
Coastal from So Cal to Bay Area
Heloderma suspectum
Se CA
