Reptiles > Lizards
The Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus bimaculosus) is a large, heavily armored reptile native to the sun-baked canyon cliffs and rocky slopes of the Chihuahuan Desert. Easily distinguished by its sharp, overlapping keeled scales and two prominent dark blotches or...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma scoparia) is a charismatic sand-dune specialist endemic to the isolated blowsand dune fields of the Mojave Desert. Renowned for the remarkable comb-like fringe of scales along its hind toes that allow it to sprint across scorching,...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) is a rare, ground-dwelling reptile endemic to the rocky limestone plateaus and shortgrass savannas of Texas and northern Mexico. Easily distinguished from all other earless lizards by the distinct rows of round...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma inornata) is an endangered, hyper-specialized reptile found nowhere else on Earth outside the windblown sand dune systems of the Coachella Valley in southern California. With specialized comblike scales on its toes that act...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Keeled Earless Lizard (Holbrookia propinqua) is a specialized, fast-running reptile native to the sun-bleached coastal dunes and sandy barrier islands of the Gulf of Mexico. Characterized by keeled, overlapping dorsal scales and the complete absence of external...
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