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Granite Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus orcutti
Espinosa del Granito
Stejneger, 1893| Species Description & More Pictures |
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| Adult, Santa Agueda, Baja California Sur |
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| Adult male, Vizcaino Desert, San Francisco de la Sierra, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young | ||
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| Adult male, Valle de la Trinidad, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young | ||
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| Adult male, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young | ||
| Habitat | ||
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| Habitat, Santa Agueda, Baja California Sur |
Habitat, San Juan de la Costa, Baja California Sur © Mela Garcia |
Habitat, Baja California Sur © William Flaxington |
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| Habitat, Vizcaino Desert, San Francisco de la Sierra, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young |
Habitat, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young |
Habitat, Valle de la Trinidad, Baja California © Stuart Young |
| Short Videos of this Species | ||
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| A male Granite Spiny Lizard moves over to a female who is basking on a nearby rock and presents himself to her. She's not interested and slowly moves away from him with her back and tail slightly arched then does some push-ups. He retreates and does some push-ups. | A Male Granite Spiny Lizard (the same guy as the one to the left, a few minutes after that video ended) does his territorial push-up display, lifting his body high off the rock, pausing briefly to eat something with his big pink tongue. | Several adult lizards are shown in various rocky habitats. |
References:
Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002. McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000. Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018. Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. The Reptile Database San Diego Natural History Museum |
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