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 |
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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
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Red: Elgaria multicarinata - Southern Alligator Lizard |
Red: Elgaria panamintina - Panamint Alligator Lizard |
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North American Legless Lizards
Anniella |
Great Basin Collared Lizard |
Baja California Collared Lizard |
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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.
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Red: Crotaphytus bicinctores - Great Basin Collared Lizard
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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 |
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Red: Gambelia copei - Baja California Leopard Lizard
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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 |
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| Red: Coleonyx switaki switaki - Peninsula Banded Gecko |
Dark Blue: Coleonyx variegatus abbotti - San Diego Banded Gecko
Red: Coleonyx variegatus variegatus - Desert Banded Gecko
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Red: Phyllodactylus nocticolus - Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko |
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Banded Gila Monster
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Desert Iguana |
Common Chuckwalla |
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Red: Heloderma suspectum cinctum - Banded Gila Monster
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Red: Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis - Desert Iguana |
Red: Sauromalus ater - Common Chuckwalla |
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Western Zebra-tailed Lizard
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Banded Rock Lizard |
Coast Horned Lizard |
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Red: Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus -
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard
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Red: Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi - Banded Rock Lizard
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Red: Phrynosoma blainvillii - Coast Horned Lizard
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| Pygmy Short-horned Lizard |
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard |
Desert Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos |
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Red: Phrynosoma douglasii - Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
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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 |
Western Fence Lizard & Island Fence Lizard |
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Orange: Sceloporus graciosus gracilis -
Western Sagebrush Lizard
Red: Sceloporus graciosus graciosus -
Northern Sagebrush
Lizard
Dark Blue: Sceloporus vandenburgianus -
Southern Sagebrush Lizard
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Red: Sceloporus magister - 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
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| Granite Spiny Lizard |
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard |
Coachella Fringe-toed Lizard |
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Red: Sceloporus orcutti - Granite Spiny Lizard
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Red: Sceloporus uniformis - Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard |
Red: Uma inornata - Coachlla Fringe-toed Lizard |
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| Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard |
Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard |
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard |
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Red: Uma notata - Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
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Red: Uma scoparia - Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard
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Red: Urosaurus graciosus graciosus -
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard |
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| Small-scaled Lizard |
Colorado River Tree Lizard |
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana |
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Red: Urosaurus microscutatus -
Small-scaled Lizard
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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
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Gilbert's Skink
Plestiodon gilberti |
Western Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus |
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail |
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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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Red: Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus - Northwestern Skink
(= Skilton's Skink)
Dark Purple: Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis - Coronado Skink
Yellow: Plestiodon skiltonianus utahensis - Great Basin Skink
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Red: Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi -
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail |
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Western (Tiger) Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris |
Sandstone Night Lizard |
Granite Night Lizard |
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Dark Blue: Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri -
Coastal Whiptail
Orange: Aspidoscelis tigris munda - California Whiptail
Red: Aspidoscelis tigris tigris - Great Basin Whiptail
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Red dot: Xantusia gracilis - Sandstone Night Lizard |
Red: Xantusia henshawi - Granite Night Lizard |
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Island NIght Lizard
Xantusia riversiana |
Sierra Night Lizard
Desert Night Lizard |
Wiggins' Night Lizard |
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Red: Xantusia riversiana reticulata -
San Clemente Night Lizard
Bright Green: Xantusia riversiana riversiana -
San Nicolas Night Lizard
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Dark Blue: Xantusia sierrae - Sierra Night Lizard
Red: Xantusia vigilis - Yucca Night Lizard
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Red: Xantusia wigginsi - Wiggins' Night Lizard |
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Non-Native Species
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| Green Anole |
Brown Anole |
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail |
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Red: Anolis Carolinensis - Green Anole
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Black dots: Anolis sagrei - Brown Anole
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Red: Aspidoscelis sonorae - Sonoran Spotted Whiptail |
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Rough-tailed Gecko
(Keeled Rock Gecko, Bow-footed Gecko, Rough-tailed Bowfoot Gecko, Rough Bent-toed Gecko, Common Tuberculate Ground Gecko, Keeled Gecko)
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Indo-Pacific Gecko
(Fox Gecko, Garnot's House Gecko) |
Tropical House Gecko
(Wood Slave, African House Gecko, etc.)
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Red: Hemidactylus garnotii |
Red: Hemidactylus mabouia |
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| Mediterranean Gecko |
Italian Wall Lizard
Podarcis siculus |
Ringed Wall Gecko
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| Red: Hemidactylus turcicus - Mediterranean Gecko |
Red: Podaris siculus siculus - Southern Italian Wall Lizard
Blue: Podarcis siculus campestris - Northern Italian Wall Lizard
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Red: Tarentola annularis - Ringed Wall Gecko
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| Moorish Gecko |
African Five-lined Skink |
Jackson's Chameleon |
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Red dots: Tarentola mauritanica - Moorish Gecko
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Red dot: Trachylepis Quinquetaeniata |
Red dots: Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii -
Jackson's Chameleon |
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| Ocellated Skink |
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| Red dots: Chalcides ocellatus |
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