A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California
Photo Index of California Lizards
Click on a name link to go to the main page for more pictures and information about a particular lizard and its habitat.
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| San Francisco Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea coerulea |
Juvenile San Francisco Alligator Lizard | Sierra Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea palmeri |
Juvenile Sierra Alligator Lizard |
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| Northwestern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea principis |
Juvenile Northwestern Alligator Lizard | Shasta Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea shastensis |
Juvenile Shasta Alligator Lizard |
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| © Jay Keller | |||
| Forest Alligator Lizard (California Alligator Lizard) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata |
Juvenile Forest Alligator Lizard | Woodland Alligator Lizard (San Diego Alligator Lizard) Elgaria multicarinata webbii |
Juvenile Woodland Alligator Lizard |
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| © Alex Krohn | © William Flaxington | ||
| Panamint Alligator Lizard Elgaria panamintina |
Temblor Legless Lizard Anniella alexanderae |
Big Spring Legless Lizard Anniella campi |
Bakersfield Legless Lizard Anniella grinnelli |
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| San Diegan Legless Lizard Anniella stebbinsi |
Northern Legless Lizard Anniella pulchra |
Black Legless Lizard Anniella pulchra (dark phase) |
Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores |
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| Baja California Collared Lizard Crotaphytus vestigium |
Cope's Leopard Lizard Gambelia copei |
Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia sila |
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii |
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| Peninsula Banded Gecko Coleonyx switaki |
San Diego Banded Gecko Coleonlyx variegatus abbotti |
Desert Banded Gecko Coleonyx variegatus variegatus |
Peninsula Leaf-toed Gecko Phyllodactylus nocticolus |
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| Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum |
Northern Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis |
Common Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater |
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus |
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| Mearns' Rock Lizard Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi |
Blainville's (Coast) Horned Lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii |
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii |
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii |
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| Southern Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum |
Northern Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos |
Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis |
Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus |
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| Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus |
Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister |
Island Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis becki |
San Joaquin Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus |
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| Coast Range Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii |
Great Basin Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis longipes |
Northwestern Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis |
Sierra Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis taylori |
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| Female Granite Spiny Lizard Male Sceloporus orcutti |
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard Sceloporus uniformis |
Coachella Fringe-toed Lizard Uma inornata |
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| Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata |
Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia |
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard Urosaurus graciosus graciosus |
Small-scaled Lizard Urosaurus microscutatus |
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| Colorado River Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus |
Western Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana elegans |
Nevada Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana nevadensis |
Variegated Skink Plestiodon gilberti cancellosus |
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| Greater Brown Skink Plestiodon gilberti gilberti |
Northern Brown Skink Plestiodon gilberti placerensis |
Western Red-tailed Skink Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus |
Skilton's Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus |
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| Coronado Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis |
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi |
San Diegan Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri |
California Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris munda |
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| Great Basin Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris tigris |
Sandstone Night Lizard Xantusia gracilis |
Granite Night Lizard Xantusia henshawi |
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| San Clemente Night Lizard Xantusia riversiana reticulata |
San Nicolas Night Lizard Xantusia riversiana riversiana |
Sierra Night Lizard Xantusia sierrae |
Desert Night Lizard Xantusia vigilis |
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| Wiggins' Night Lizard Xantusia wigginsi |
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| Green Anole Anolis Carolinensis |
Brown Anole Anolis sagrei |
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| © Rayan Winkleman | © Elliot Jaramillo | © William Flaxington | |
| Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae |
Rough-tailed Bowfoot Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum | Indo-Pacific Gecko (Fox Gecko, Garnot's House Gecko) Hemidactylus garnotii |
Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus |
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| Dark phase | Light phase | © William Flaxington | |
| Tropical House Gecko (Wood Slave, etc.) Hemidactylus mabouia |
Italian Wall Lizard Podaris siculus |
Ringed Wall Gecko (White-spotted Wall Gecko) Tarentola annularis |
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| Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica |
African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis Quinquetaeniata |
Jackson's Chameleon Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii |
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