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A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California

California Lizards Range Maps


These maps illustrate the general historical range of indigenous and introduced lizards in California. Red, or another color indicated below the map, shows this distribution. In some cases, a lizard's current range may be fragmented or considerably diminished from the range shown here. Click on the name link for more pictures and information about a particular lizard.


NORTHERN ALLIGATOR LIZARD SOUTHERN ALLIGATOR LIZARD PANAMINT ALLIGATOR LIZARD CALIFORNIA LEGLESS LIZARD
GREAT BASIN COLLARED LIZARD BAJA CALIFORNIA COLLARED LIZARD COPE'S LEOPARD LIZARD BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD
Crotaphytus bicinctores


Crotaphytus vestigium Gambelia copei Gambelia sila
LONG-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD SWITAK'S BANDED GECKO WESTERN BANDED GECKO LEAF -TOED GECKO
Gambelia wislizenii Coleonyx switaki Phyllodactylus nocticolus
MEDITERRANEAN GECKO GILA MONSTER DESERT IGUANA CHUCKWALLA
Hemidactylus turcicus
(Introduced)

Heloderma suspectum cinctum Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis Sauromalus ater
ZEBRA-TAILED LIZARD BANDED ROCK LIZARD BLAINVILLE'S (COAST) HORNED LIZARD PYGMY SHORT-HORNED LIZARD
Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi Phrynosoma blainvillii
(=Anota coronatum)
Phrynosoma douglasii
(=Tapaja douglasii)

FLAT-TAILED HORNED LIZARD DESERT HORNED LIZARD COMMON SAGEBRUSH LIZARD DESERT SPINY LIZARD
Phrynosoma mcallii
(=Anota mcallii)


Red: Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum
Southern Desert Horned Lizard

(=Doliosaurus platyrhinos calidiarum)

Green: Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos -
Northern Desert Horned Lizard

(=Doliosaurus platyrhinos platyrhinos)


Green: Sceloporus graciosus gracilis -
 Western Sagebrush Lizard


Red: Sceloporus graciosus graciosus -
 Northern Sagebrush Lizard


Orange: Sceloporus graciosus               vandenburgianus -
 Southern Sagebrush Lizard


Sceloporus magister
WESTERN FENCE LIZARD GRANITE SPINY LIZARD YELLOW-BACKED SPINY LIZARD COACHELLA VALLEY FRINGE-TOED LIZARD
Sceloporus orcutti Sceloporus uniformis Uma inornata
COLORDO DESERT FRINGE-TOED LIZARD MOHAVE FRINGE-TOED LIZARD LONG-TAILED BRUSH LIZARD BAJA CALIFORNIA BRUSH LIZARD
Uma notata Uma scoparia


Urosaurus graciosus Urosaurus nigricaudus
ORNATE TREE LIZARD COMMON SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD GILBERT'S SKINK WESTERN SKINK
Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus
Red:  Uta stansburiana elegans - Western Side-blotched Lizard

Green: Uta stansburiana nevadensis - Nevada Side-blotched Lizard

Green: Plestiodon "gilberti" gilberti -
 Greater Brown Skink

Purple: Plestiodon "gilberti" placerensis -
 Northern Brown Skink

Red: Plestiodon "gilberti" rubricaudatus -
 Western Red-tailed Skink


Gold: General area of intergradation


ORANGE-THROATED WHIPTAIL TIGER WHIPTAIL SANDSTONE NIGHT LIZARD GRANITE NIGHT LIZARD
Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi Xantusia gracilis Xantusia henshawi
ISLAND NIGHT LIZARD DESERT NIGHT LIZARD BAJA CALIFORNIA NIGHT LIZARD JACKSON'S CHAMELEON
Xantusia wigginsi Chamaeleo jacksonii xantholophus
(Introduced)
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SOUTHERN ITALIAN WALL LIZARD GREEN ANOLE    
Podaris siculus siculus
(Introduced)







Anolis Carolinensis
(Introduced)
   








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