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Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard - Uma notata
Arenera del Desierto del Colorado
Baird, 1859 “1858”| Species Description & More Pictures |
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| Adult, Laguna Salada, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Adults, Laguna Salada, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Adult male underside, Laguna Salada, Baja California © Stuart Young |
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| Habitat, Laguna Salada, Baja California © Stuart Young |
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| Short Videos of Colorado Desert and Mohave Fringe-toed Lizards |
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| A Colorado Desert Fringe-toed lizard runs slowly, then very quickly over the hot sand. | A Mojave Fringe-toed lizard biries itself in the sand to hide. This lizard was captive and sluggish and buries itself slowly and incompletely. In the wild a lizard runs quickly then dissapears in a flash as it dives into the sand. |
A Mojave Fringe-toed llizard runs quickly over the sand to escape. It almost escaped the camera... |
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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