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Mearns's Rock Lizard - Petrosaurus mearnsi


Mearns's Rock Lizard - Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi

Lagarto de Roca Rayada

(Stejneger, 1894)

(= Banded Rock Lizard)

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Also known as Banded Rock Lizard

Mearns' Rock Lizard Mearns' Rock Lizard Mearns' Rock Lizard
Adult, Cataviña, Baja California
  Mearns' Rock Lizard  
  Adult, Puertecitos, Baja California
© Stuart Young
 
     
Habitat
Mearns' Rock Lizard habitat Mearns' Rock Lizard habitat Mearns' Rock Lizard habitat
Habitat, Cataviña, Baja California Habitat, Cataviña, Baja California Habitat near Puertecitos, Baja California
© Stuart Young
     
Short Videos of This Species
Mearns' Rock Lizard Mearns' Rock Lizard Mearns' Rock Lizard
An adult rock lizard shows its rock climbing and jumping acrobatics, finally doing a defensive push-up display, then a juvenile lizard crawls around the face of a massive rock. Mearns' Rock Lizards in the San Diego county, California desert. Mearns' Rock Lizards on their rocks including one spotted at night.
     

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







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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