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The southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) is a common species of lizard in the family Anguidae.The species is native to the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2] It ranges from Baja California to the state of Washington and lives in a variety of habitats including grasslands, chaparral, forests, and even urban areas.
These lizards can be found in diverse vegetation zones, ranging from seaside dunes to inland open pine woodlands. In the Sierra Nevada , the species been spotted at elevations of up to 2050 meters (6,725’), and 1360 meters (4,461’) in Sierra de Juárez and Sierra de San Pedro Mártir .
Giant garter snake Thamnophis hammondii: Two-striped garter snake Thamnophis marcianus: Checkered garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides: Northwestern garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis: Common garter snake Trimorphodon lambda: Sonoran lyre snake Trimorphodon lyrophanes: California lyresnake
Glass (legless) lizards look remarkably snake-like. We talked to wildlife experts to find out how to tell the difference.
The western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) is a species of lizard native to Arizona, New Mexico, and California, as well as Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Northern Mexico. The species is widely found in its native range and is considered common, often being seen in yards, or as the name implies, on fences.
Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...
The San Diego horned lizard is no longer present in many sections of Southern California due to urbanization, and other types of habitat loss. [ 10 ] The population of horned lizards are declining because of habitat loss or degradation, hunting or capturing by humans and an increase of invasive species of Argentine ants .
This lizard species lives almost exclusively on rock outcrops, boulder piles, and canyon walls, where it shelters under rocks. Their habitat consists of arid and semiarid foothills and canyons along the western margin of the Colorado Desert .