A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California
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Sagebrush Lizards in California
| Subspecies |
Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus |
Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis |
Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus 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. |
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| Subspecies |
Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus |
Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis |
Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus 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. |
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| Orange: Western Sagebrush Lizard Red: Northern Sagebrush Lizard Dark Blue: Southern Sagebrush Lizard |
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