A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California
Photo Index of California Lizards
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When males and females differ significantly in appearance and when juveniles look significantly different from adults, they are also illustrated when possible.
Click on a name link to go to the main page for more pictures and information about a particular lizard and its habitat.
You can also look at an Expanded Photo Index of California Lizards, with maps, more pictures of each species, and a few identification tips.
More Lists And Information About California Lizards
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| San Francisco Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea coerulea |
Sierra Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea palmeri |
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| Northwestern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea principis |
Shasta Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea shastensis |
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| Adult | Juvenile | Adult | Juvenile © Jay Keller |
| Southern Alligator Lizard Elgaria multicarinata |
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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 |
Baja California (Cope's) Leopard Lizard Gambelia copei |
Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia sila |
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii |
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| Adult | Hatchling © Jeff Nordland | © Stuart Young | |
| Peninsular Banded Gecko Coleonyx switaki |
San Diego Banded Gecko Coleonlyx variegatus abbotti |
Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko Phyllodactylus nocticolus |
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| Adult | Adult | Spotted Adult © Stuart Young | Juvenile |
| Desert Banded Gecko Coleonyx variegatus variegatus |
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| Adult © Adam Clause | Juvenile © Jeremiah Easter | ||
| Banded Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum cinctum |
Northern Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis |
Common Chuckwalla Sauromalus ater |
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| Western Zebra-tailed Lizard Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus |
Banded Rock Lizard Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi |
Coast Horned Lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii |
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii |
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| Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Phrynosoma mcallii |
Southern Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum |
Northern Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos |
Western Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus gracilis |
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| Northern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus graciosus |
Southern Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus vandenburgianus |
Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister |
Island Fence Lizard Sceloporus becki |
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| San Joaquin Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus |
Coast Range Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii |
Great Basin Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis longipes |
Northwestern Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis |
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| Sierra Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis taylori |
Granite Spiny Lizard Sceloporus orcutti |
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard Sceloporus uniformis |
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| Coachella Fringe-toed Lizard Uma inornata |
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard Uma notata |
Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard Uma scoparia |
Western Long-tailed Brush Lizard Urosaurus graciosus graciosus |
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| Small-scaled Lizard Urosaurus microscutatus |
Colorado River Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus |
Western Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana elegans |
Nevada Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana nevadensis |
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| Adult | Adult | Juvenile | Breeding Male © Zachary Lim |
| Variegated Skink Plestiodon gilberti cancellosus |
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| Adult | Adult | Breeding Male © Patrick Briggs | Juvenile |
| Greater Brown Skink Plestiodon gilberti gilberti |
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| Breeding Male | Sub-Adult | Adult © Joshua L. Puhn | Juvenile © Connor Long |
| Northern Brown Skink Plestiodon gilberti placerensis |
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| Adult | Breeding Male © Patrick Briggs |
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Blue-tailed Juvenile - Desert Mountains © Jeremiah Easter |
| Western Red-tailed Skink Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus |
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| Adult | Breeding Adult | Juvenile © Joel A. Germond | |
| Northwestern Skink - Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus (= Skilton's Skink) | |||
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| Adult | Juvenile © John T. Snow | © William Flaxington | |
| Coronado Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis |
Great Basin Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus utahensis |
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| Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi |
Coastal Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri |
California Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris munda |
Great Basin Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris tigris |
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| Granite Night Lizard Xantusia henshawi |
Sandstone Night Lizard Xantusia gracilis |
Sierra Night Lizard Xantusia sierrae |
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| San Clemente Night Lizard Xantusia riversiana reticulata |
San Nicolas Night Lizard Xantusia riversiana riversiana |
Desert Night Lizard Xantusia vigilis |
Wiggins' Night Lizard Xantusia wigginsi |
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| © Charles J. Sharp | Green Phase | Brown Phase | Male Displaying Pink Dewlap |
| Bosc's Fringe-toed Lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus |
Green Anole Anolis Carolinensis |
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| Female | Male | Male Displaying Orange Dewlap | © Rayan Winkleman |
| Brown Anole Anolis sagrei |
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis sonorae |
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| Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum |
Indo-Pacific Gecko (Fox Gecko, Garnot's House Gecko) Hemidactylus garnotii |
Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus |
Italian Wall Lizard Podaris siculus |
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| Dark phase | Light phase | © William Flaxington | © Monte Lininger |
| Tropical House Gecko (Wood Slave, etc.) Hemidactylus mabouia |
Ringed Wall Gecko (White-spotted Wall Gecko) Tarentola annularis |
Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica |
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| African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis Quinquetaeniata |
Jackson's Chameleon Trioceros (Chamaeleo) jacksonii |
Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalides ocellatus |
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