A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California

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Sagebrush Lizard - Sceloporus graciosus - Subspecies in California

Subspecies	Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus	Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis	Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus
Number of scales between the interparietal and rear of the thigh	42 - 53 (average 48)	50 - 68 (average 61)	48 - 66k (average 55)
Other physical characteristics	Dorsolateral striping.	Indistinct dorsolateral striping. White separating the blue patches on the throat and venter.	More blue and less white in the throat and ventral patches, and often the ventral surface of the thigh and tail.




Subspecies	Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus	Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis	Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus
From Mason J. Ryan p. 221 in Jones, Lawrence, Rob Lovich, editors. Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2009.

Orange: Western Sagebrush Lizard Red: Northern Sagebrush Lizard Blue: Southern Sagebrush Lizard