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These maps illustrate the general historic range of all of the native and established non-native lizards found in California.

Red, or another color indicated below the map, shows this distribution. Lizards of the species or subspecies shown are expected to be found within the illustrated area in places where suitable habitat and conditions occur. In some cases, the current range may be fragmented or considerably diminished from the range illustrated here.

Click on the name link for pictures and information about a particular lizard.

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More Lists And Information About California Lizards

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Northern Alligator Lizard
Elgaria coerulea
Southern Alligator Lizard Panamint Alligator Lizard  
Red: Elgaria coerulea coerulea - San Francisco Alligator Lizard

Orange: E. c. palmeri - Sierra Alligator Lizard                

Dark Blue:  E. c. shastensis - Shasta Alligator Lizard        

Purple: E. c. principis - Northwestern Alligator Lizard  

Gray: Approximate area of intergradation                              
Red:  Elgaria multicarinata -  Southern Alligator Lizard         Red: Elgaria panamintina - Panamint Alligator Lizard  
       
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North American Legless Lizards
Genus Anniella
Great Basin Collared Lizard Baja California Collared Lizard  
Green: Anniella alexanderae - Temblor Legless Lizard

Pink: Anniella campi - Big Spring Legless Lizard

Dark Blue: Anniella grinnelli - Bakersfield Legless Lizard

Red: Anniella pulchra - Northern Legless Lizard

Yellow/Black: Anniella pulchra nigra - Black Legless Lizard

Orange: Anniella stebbinsi - San Diegan Legless Lizard

Gray: Area where Anniella are present but the species has not yet been determined.
Red: Crotaphytus bicinctores - Great Basin Collared Lizard


Red: Crotaphytus vestigium - Baja California Collared Lizard  
       
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Baja California (Cope's) Leopard Lizard Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Long-nosed Leopard Lizard  
Red: Gambelia copei - Baja California Leopard Lizard
Red: Gambelia sila - Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Red: Gambelia wislizenii - Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Dark Blue: Hybrids with Gambelia sila
 
       
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Peninsular Banded Gecko Western Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus
Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko  
Red: Coleonyx switaki switaki - Peninsula Banded Gecko Dark Blue: Coleonyx variegatus abbotti - San Diego Banded Gecko

Red: Coleonyx variegatus variegatus -  Desert Banded Gecko
Red: Phyllodactylus nocticolus - Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko  
       
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Banded Gila Monster
Desert Iguana Common Chuckwalla  
Red: Heloderma suspectum cinctum - Banded Gila Monster
Red: Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis - Desert Iguana Red: Sauromalus ater - Common Chuckwalla  
       
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Western Zebra-tailed Lizard
Banded Rock Lizard Coast Horned Lizard  
Red: Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus -
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard

Red: Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi - Banded Rock Lizard
Red: Phrynosoma blainvillii - Coast Horned Lizard
 
       
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Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Desert Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
 
Red: Phrynosoma douglasii - Pygmy Short-horned Lizard

Red: Phrynosoma mcallii - Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Red: Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum -
Southern Desert Horned Lizard


Dark Blue: Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos -
Northern Desert Horned Lizard

          
 
       
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Sagebrush Lizards Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus magister
Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis
Island Fence Lizard Sceloporus becki
 
Orange: Sceloporus graciosus gracilis -
 Western Sagebrush Lizard


Red: Sceloporus graciosus graciosus -
 Northern Sagebrush Lizard


Dark Blue: Sceloporus vandenburgianus -
 Southern Sagebrush Lizard


Red: Sceloporus magister magister -
Sonoran Desert Spiny Lizard


Yellow: Sceloporus magister uniformis -
Northern Desert Spiny Lizard
Bright Green: Sceloporus becki -
 Island Fence Lizard


Bright Blue: Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus -
San Joaquin Fence Lizard


Dark Blue: Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii -
Coast Range Fence Lizard


Orange: Sceloporus occidentalis longipes -
 Great Basin Fence Lizard


Red: Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis -
Northwestern Fence Lizard


Purple: Sceloporus occidentalis taylori -
Sierra Fence Lizard


Dark Gray: Hybrid Zones                       
 
       
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Granite Spiny Lizard Coachella Fringe-toed Lizard Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard  
Red: Sceloporus orcutti - Granite Spiny Lizard
Red: Uma inornata - Coachlla Fringe-toed Lizard Red: Uma notata - Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
 
       
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Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard Small-scaled Lizard  
Red: Uma scoparia - Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard
Red: Urosaurus graciosus graciosus -
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard
Red: Urosaurus microscutatus -
Small-scaled Lizard



 
       
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Colorado River Tree Lizard Common Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Gilbert's Skink
Plestiodon gilberti
 
Red: Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus -
Colorado River Tree Lizard
Red:  Uta stansburiana elegans -
Western Side-blotched Lizard

Dark Blue: Uta stansburiana nevadensis -
Nevada Side-blotched Lizard

Orange: Plestiodon gilberti cancellosus -  
Variegated Skink


Dark Blue: Plestiodon gilberti gilberti -
 Greater Brown Skink


Purple: Plestiodon gilberti placerensis -
 Northern Brown Skink


Red: Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus -
 Western Red-tailed Skink


Gray: General area of intergradation      
 
       
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Western Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail Western (Tiger) Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris
 
Red: Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus -  Northwestern Skink
(= Skilton's Skink)

Dark Purple: Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis - Coronado Skink

Yellow: Plestiodon skiltonianus utahensis - Great Basin Skink

Gray: Intergrade Area                              
Red: Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi -
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail
Dark Blue: Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri -
Coastal Whiptail


Orange: Aspidoscelis tigris munda - California Whiptail

Red: Aspidoscelis tigris tigris - Great Basin Whiptail                       
 
       
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Sandstone Night Lizard Granite Night Lizard Island NIght Lizard
Xantusia riversiana
 
Red dot: Xantusia gracilis - Sandstone Night Lizard Red: Xantusia henshawi - Granite Night Lizard Red: Xantusia riversiana reticulata -
San Clemente Night Lizard


Bright Green: Xantusia riversiana riversiana -
San Nicolas Night Lizard

 
       
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Sierra Night Lizard
Desert Night Lizard
Wiggins' Night Lizard    
Dark Blue: Xantusia sierrae - Sierra Night Lizard

Red: Xantusia vigilis - Yucca Night Lizard
Red: Xantusia wigginsi - Wiggins' Night Lizard    
       

Non-Native Species

 
   
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Green Anole Brown Anole Sonoran Spotted Whiptail  
Red: Anolis Carolinensis - Green Anole
Black dots: Anolis sagrei - Brown Anole
Red: Aspidoscelis sonorae - Sonoran Spotted Whiptail  
       
Western Skink California Range Map Peninsular Banded Gecko California Range Map range map  
Common Checkered Whiptail Rough-tailed Gecko
Indo-Pacific Gecko
 
Red dot: Aspidoscelis tesselatus Red: Cyrtopodion scabrum Red: Hemidactylus garnotii  
       
Bande Gila Monster California Range Map Baja California Collared Lizard California Habitat range map  
Tropical House Gecko
Flat-tailed House Gecko Mediterranean Gecko  
Red: Hemidactylus mabouia Red: Hemidactylus platyurus Red: Hemidactylus turcicus - Mediterranean Gecko  
       
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Italian Wall Lizard
Podarcis siculus
Yellow Fan-fingered Gecko
Ringed Wall Gecko (White-spotted Wall Gecko)  
Red: Podaris siculus siculus - Southern Italian Wall Lizard

Blue: Podarcis siculus campestris - Northern Italian Wall Lizard

Red: Ptyodactylus hasselquistii - Yellow Fan-Fingered Gecko Red: Tarentola annularis - Ringed Wall Gecko

 
       
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Moorish Gecko African Five-lined Skink Jackson's Chameleon  
Red dots: Tarentola mauritanica - Moorish Gecko

Red dot: Trachylepis Quinquetaeniata Red dots: Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii -
Jackson's Chameleon
 
       
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Ocellated Skink Bosc's Fringe-toed Lizard    
Red dots: Chalcides ocellatus Red dot: Acanthodactylus boskianus    
     



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