Squamata “Lizard” CA Species

Question 1

Lizard with eyelids, soft skin, and no toe pads

Answer 1

Coleonyx variegatus (Eublepharidae)

Question 2

Lizard with soft skin, no eyelids, slight toe pads, and claws

Answer 2

Hemidactylus turcicus (Gekkonidae)

Question 3

Lizard with no eyelids and “leaf toes”

Answer 3

Phyllodactylus xanti (Phyllodactylidae)

Question 4

Fish-like lizard with red head with stripe that extends on to tail

Answer 4

Plestiodon gilberti (Scincidae)

Question 5

Fish-like lizard with blue tail with stripe that does not extend on to tail

Answer 5

Plestiodon skiltonianus (Scincidae)

Question 6

Small lizard with pebbled scales, head plates, big eyes

Answer 6

Xantusia vigilis (Xantusiidae)

Question 7

Lizards with square scales and light in center of belly scale

Answer 7

Elgaria coerulea (Anguidae, Anguimorpha)

Question 8

Lizard with square scales and dark in center of belly scale

Answer 8

Elgaria multicarinata (Anguidae, Anguimorpha)

Question 9

Legless lizard with eyelids, no fold, dorsal stripe, and blunt tail

Answer 9

Anniella pulchra (Anniellidae, Anguimorpha)

Question 10

Large orange and black lizard with pebbled scales

Answer 10

Heloderma suspectum (Helodermatidae, Anguimorpha)

Question 11

Chubby lizard with small dorsal crest and smoky eye

Answer 11

Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Iguanidae, Iguania)

Question 12

Fat lizard with baggy skin

Answer 12

Sauromalus ater (Iguanidae, Iguania)

Question 13

Lizard with two black stripes on collar

Answer 13

Crotaphytus bicinctores (Crotaphytidae, Iguania)

Question 14

Lizard with short snout and spotted chin

Answer 14

Gambelia sila (Crotaphytidae, Iguania)

Question 15

Lizard with striped throat

Answer 15

Gambelia wislizenii (Crotaphytidae, Iguania)

Question 16

Lizard with two dorsoventral stripes and squished face

Answer 16

Callisaurus draconoides (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 17

Fringe-toed lizard with black dots on belly

Answer 17

Uma scoparia (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 18

Fringe-toed lizard with no markings on belly

Answer 18

Uma inornata (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 19

Fringe-toed lizard with black dot and orange splotch on belly

Answer 19

Uma notata (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 20

Lizard with dark shoulder bars

Answer 20

Sceloporus graciosus (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 21

Large lizard with black collar that doesn’t completely go around

Answer 21

Sceloporus magister (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 22

Lizard with blue belly and yellow inner-thigh

Answer 22

Sceloporus occidentalis (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 23

Lizard with small black splotch on its side

Answer 23

Uta stansburiana (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 24

Lizard with keeled scales along spine and granular scales on side and really long tail

Answer 24

Urosaurus graciosus (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 25

Lizard with two rows of fringes on its side and under its chin and has horns

Answer 25

Phrynosoma blainvillii (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 26

Small lizard with fringes and no horns

Answer 26

Phrynosoma douglasii (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 27

Lizard with long middle horns and dorsal stripe

Answer 27

Phrynosoma mcallii (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 28

Lizard with single row of fringes on side and has horns

Answer 28

Phrynosoma platyrhinos (Phrynosomatidae, Iguania)

Question 29

Lizard with a head that goes into its body and a really long and tapered tail. Stripes along length of body

Answer 29

Aspidoscelis tigris (Teiidae)