A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California
Photo Index of California Lizards
Click on a name link to go to the main page for more pictures and information about a particular lizard and its habitat.
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| San Francisco Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea coerulea |
Sierra Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea palmeri |
Northwestern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea principis |
Shasta Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea shastensis |
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| Forest Alligator Lizard (California Alligator Lizard) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata |
Woodland Alligator Lizard (San Diego Alligator Lizard) Elgaria multicarinata webbii |
Panamint Alligator Lizard Elgaria panamintina |
Temblor Legless Lizard Anniella alexanderae |
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| Southern Sierra Legless Lizard Anniella campi |
Bakersfield Legless Lizard Anniella grinnelli |
Southern California Legless Lizard Anniella stebbinsi |
Northern California Legless Lizard Anniella pulchra |
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| Black Legless Lizard Anniella pulchra (dark phase) |
Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores |
Baja California Collared Lizard Crotaphytus vestigium |
Cope's Leopard Lizard Gambelia copei |
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| Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia sila |
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii |
Peninsula Banded Gecko Coleonyx switaki |
San Diego Banded Gecko Coleonlyx variegatus abbotti |
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| Desert Banded Gecko Coleonyx variegatus variegatus |
Peninsula Leaf-toed Gecko Phyllodactylus nocticolus |
Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum |
Northern Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis |
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| Common Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater |
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus |
Mearns' Rock Lizard Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi |
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| Blainville's (Coast) Horned Lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii |
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii |
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii |
Southern Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum |
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| Northern Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos |
Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis |
Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus |
Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus |
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| Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister |
Island Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis becki |
San Joaquin Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus |
Coast Range Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii |
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| Great Basin Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis longipes |
Northwestern Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis |
Female Granite Spiny Lizard Male Sceloporus orcutti |
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| Sierra Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis taylori |
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard Sceloporus uniformis |
Coachella Fringe-toed Lizard Uma inornata |
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata |
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| Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia |
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard Urosaurus graciosus graciosus |
Small-scaled Lizard Urosaurus microscutatus |
Colorado River Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus |
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| Western Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana elegans |
Nevada Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana nevadensis |
Variegated Skink Plestiodon gilberti cancellosus |
Greater Brown Skink Plestiodon gilberti gilberti |
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| Northern Brown Skink Plestiodon gilberti placerensis |
Western Red-tailed Skink Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus |
Skilton's Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus |
Coronado Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis |
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| Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi |
San Diegan Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri |
California Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris munda |
Great Basin Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris tigris |
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| Sandstone Night Lizard Xantusia gracilis |
Granite Night Lizard Xantusia henshawi |
San Clemente Night Lizard Xantusia riversiana reticulata |
San Nicolas Night Lizard Xantusia riversiana riversiana |
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| Sierra Night Lizard Xantusia sierrae |
Yucca Night Lizard Xantusia vigilis |
Wiggins' Night Lizard Xantusia wigginsi |
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Alien Species |
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| Green Anole Anolis Carolinensis |
Brown Anole Anolis sagrei |
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| Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus |
Ringed Wall Gecko (White-spotted Wall Gecko) Tarentola annularis |
Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica |
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| Italian Wall Lizard Podaris siculus |
Jackson's Chameleon Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii |
Indo-Pacific Gecko Hemidactylus garnotii |
Gila Spotted Whiptail x Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicauda x Aspidoscelis sonorae Complex |
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