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The Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) is a common, sun-loving spiny lizard ubiquitous across the rocky bluffs, rail fences, and grasslands of the American Great Plains. Famous for its heavily keeled, bristly scales and the brilliant, iridescent turquoise-blue...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Common Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus), also celebrated as the Eastern Worm Snake, is a secretive, docile burrowing serpent native to the rich, damp hardwood forests of the eastern United States. Looking remarkably like an oversized, glossy earthworm, this...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Great Plains Skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) holds the distinction of being the largest and heaviest skink species in North America, reaching lengths of up to 14 inches. Native to the rugged limestone hills and rolling shortgrass prairies of the American heartland,...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Piebald Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius), also celebrated as the San Esteban Island Chuckwalla, is the undisputed heavyweight giant of the chuckwalla family. Reaching lengths exceeding 2.5 feet and weighing up to six pounds, this magnificent desert vegetarian...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Spiny Chuckwalla (Sauromalus hispidus) is a titanic, prehistoric desert herbivore endemic exclusively to the remote, uninhabited volcanic islands of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Displaying spectacular island gigantism, this monumental, heavy-bodied lizard grows...
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The Crevice Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii) is a large, heavily armored rock-dwelling reptile native to the sun-baked limestone canyons and desert mountain ranges of the Chihuahuan Desert. Named in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett (the American statesman and...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana) is a magnificent, ancient reptilian relict found nowhere on Earth except three windswept islands in the California Channel Islands archipelago. The largest member of the night lizard family, this heavy-bodied island...
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Clark’s Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus clarkii) is a large, rugged, heavily armored arboreal lizard native to the oak-dotted canyons, riparian gallery forests, and desert ranges of the American Southwest and Mexico. Named in honor of American naturalist John H. Clark,...
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The Granite Night Lizard (Xantusia henshawi) is a master of extreme architectural crypsis, exquisitely adapted to a life spent entirely inside narrow cracks of exfoliating granite boulders in the mountains of Southern California. With its remarkably flattened,...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma rufopunctata) is a specialized sand-dwelling reptile endemic to the wind-swept dune systems of the Gran Desierto de Altar and coastal Sonora along the Sea of Cortez. Named for the reddish-orange or rust-colored spots dotting...
