Sagebrush Lizard

Mono Lake, 19 Sep 2014.
A small lizard with small keeled and pointed scales overlapping on the upper surfaces of the body and limbs.
These scales are not as large as they are on other lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
The gular fold is incomplete.
The scales on the back of the thigh are mostly granular, not keeled (as they are on the Western Fence Lizard.)
Color is gray or brown with dark blotches or irregular bands on the body and tail and distinct light and dark stripes along the sides and upper sides at the edge of the back.
There is usually a bar of black on the shoulder and rusy coloring on the armpits and sometimes on the sides of the body and the neck.
Unlike the Western Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis, there is normally no yellow coloring on the rear of the limbs.

Males have a patch of blue color on each side of the belly and on the throat.
The blue belly patches do not meet across the belly and do not meet the blue on the throat.
Male postanal scales are enlarged, and the base of the tail is broader than on the female.
The throat is light blue mottled with white spots.
Sometimes the blue patch is reduced or even absent.
Some males may develop bright orange breeding coloring. Females have little or no blue on the belly.
When breeding, females may develop orange coloring on the sides and neck and yellow underneath.
Young lizards have little or no blue on the belly.
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