California Reptiles & Amphibians

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
Red: Elgaria coerulea coerulea - San Francisco Alligator Lizard Orange: E. c. palmeri - Sierra Alligator Lizard Green: E. c. shastensis - Shasta Alligator Lizard Purple: E. c. principis - Northwestern Alligator Lizard Gold: General area of intergradation	Red: Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - California Alligator Lizard Green: Elgaria multicarinata webbii - San Diego Alligator Lizard Orange: Elgaria multicarinata scincicauda - Oregon Alligator Lizard Gold: General area of intergradation	Elgaria panamintina	Red: Anniella pulchra - California Legless Lizard Green: Dark form (former subspecies Anniella pulchra nigra )

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	Green: Coleonlyx variegatus abbotti - San Diego Banded Gecko Red: Coleonyx variegatus variegatus - Desert Banded Gecko	Phyllodactylus nocticolus

MEDITERRANEAN GECKO	GILA MONSTER	DESERT IGUANA	CHUCKWALLA
Hemidactylus turcicus	Heloderma suspectum cinctum	Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis	Sauromalus ater

ZEBRA-TAILED LIZARD	BANDED ROCK LIZARD	BLAINVILLE'S (COAST) HORNED LIZARD	SHORT-HORNED LIZARD
Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus - Western Zebra-tailed Lizard	Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi	Phrynosoma (Anota) blainvillii (coronatum)	Phrynosoma (Tapaja) douglasii

FLAT-TAILED HORNED LIZARD	DESERT HORNED LIZARD	COMMON SAGEBRUSH LIZARD	DESERT SPINY LIZARD
Phrynosoma (Anota) mcallii	Red: Phrynosoma (Doliosaurus) platyrhinos calidiarum - Southern Desert Horned Lizard Green: Phrynosoma (Doliosaurus) platyrhinos platyrhinos - Northern Desert Horned Lizard	Green: Sceloporus graciosus gracilis - Western Sagebrush Lizard Red: Sceloporus graciosus graciosus - Northern Sagebrush Lizard Orange: Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus - Southern Sagebrush Lizard	Green: Sceloporus magister transversus - Barred Spiny Lizard Red: Sceloporus magister uniformis - Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard

WESTERN FENCE LIZARD	GRANITE SPINY LIZARD	COACHELLA VALLEY FRINGE-TOED LIZARD	COLORDO DESERT FRINGE-TOED LIZARD
Gold: Sceloporus occidentalis becki - Island Fence Lizard Blue: Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus - San Joaquin Fence Lizard Green: Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii - Coast Range Fence Lizard Orange: Sceloporus occidentalis longipes - Great Basin Fence Lizard Red: Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis - Northwestern Fence Lizard Purple: Sceloporus occidentalis taylori - Sierra Fence Lizard	Sceloporus orcutti	Uma inornata	Uma notata

MOJAVE FRINGE-TOED LIZARD	LONG-TAILED BRUSH LIZARD	BAJA CALIFORNIA BRUSH LIZARD	ORNATE TREE LIZARD
Uma scoparia	Urosaurus graciosus	Urosaurus nigricaudus	Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus

SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD	GILBERT'S SKINK	WESTERN SKINK	ORANGE-THROATED WHIPTAIL
Uta stansburiana	Orange: Eumeces (Plestiodon) "gilberti" cancellosus - Variegated Skink Green: Eumeces (Plestiodon) "gilberti" gilberti - Greater Brown Skink Purple: Eumeces (Plestiodon) "gilberti" placerensis - Northern Brown Skink Red: Eumeces (Plestiodon) "gilberti" rubricaudatus - Western Red-tailed Skink Gold: General area of intergradation	Red: Eumeces (Plestiodon) skiltonianus skiltonianus - Skilton's Skink Green: Eumeces (Plestiodon) skiltonianus interparietalis - Coronado Skink	Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi

TIGER WHIPTAIL	SANDSTONE NIGHT LIZARD	GRANITE NIGHT LIZARD	ISLAND NIGHT LIZARD
Green: Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri - Coastal Whiptail Orange: Aspidoscelis tigris munda - California Whiptail Red: Aspidoscelis tigris tigris - Great Basin Whiptail Gold: General area of intergradation	Xantusia gracilis	Xantusia henshawi	Red: Xantusia riversiana reticulata - San Clemente Night Lizard Green: Xantusia riversiana riversiana - San Nicolas Night Lizard

DESERT NIGHT LIZARD	BAJA CALIFORNIA NIGHT LIZARD	JACKSON'S CHAMELEON
Green: Xantusia sierrae - Sierra Night Lizard Red: Xantusia vigilis - Yucca Night Lizard	Xantusia wigginsi	Chamaeleo jacksonii xantholophus

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