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Sagebrush Lizard Mono Lake, 19 Sep 2014.<br />
A small lizard with small keeled and pointed scales overlapping on the upper surfaces of the body and limbs.<br />
These scales are not as large as they are on other lizards of the genus Sceloporus.<br />
The gular fold is incomplete.<br />
The scales on the back of the thigh are mostly granular, not keeled (as they are on the Western Fence Lizard.)<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
Unlike the Western Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis, there is normally no yellow coloring on the rear of the limbs.<br />
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Males have a patch of blue color on each side of the belly and on the throat.<br />
The blue belly patches do not meet across the belly and do not meet the blue on the throat.<br />
Male postanal scales are enlarged, and the base of the tail is broader than on the female.<br />
The throat is light blue mottled with white spots.<br />
Sometimes the blue patch is reduced or even absent.<br />
Some males may develop bright orange breeding coloring. Females have little or no blue on the belly.<br />
When breeding, females may develop orange coloring on the sides and neck and yellow underneath.<br />
Young lizards have little or no blue on the belly.<br />
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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.
http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/s.g.graciosus.html

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The sagebrush lizard is a common species of phrynosomatid lizard found at mid to high altitudes in the western United States of America. It belongs to the genus ''Sceloporus'' in the Phrynosomatidae family of reptiles. Named after the sagebrush plants near which it is commonly found, the sagebrush lizard has keeled and spiny scales running along its dorsal surface.

It is similar to the western fence lizard, another ''Sceloporus'' species found in the western US. The sagebrush lizard can.. more

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Uploaded Jan 4, 2017. Captured Sep 19, 2014 19:00 in Test Station Rd, Lee Vining, CA 93541, USA.
  • SP-820UZ
  • f/5.7
  • 10/10000s
  • ISO125
  • 160mm