Order: Squamata - Lizards

Colorado Lizard Species List:  
*species accounts listed in yellow text are completed.
Aspidoscelis neotesselata
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Aspidoscelis tesselata 
Aspidoscelis tigris 
Aspidoscelis velox 
Crotaphytus collaris 
Gambelia wislizenii 
Holbrookia maculata Phrynosoma platyrhinos 
Colorado Checkered Whiptail 
Six-lined Racerunner 
Common Checkered Whiptail 
Tiger Whiptail 
Plateau Striped Whiptail 
Eastern Collared Lizard 
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard 
Common Lesser Earless Lizard
Desert Horned Lizard (possible occurrence)

Family: Phrynosomatidae

Genus: Phrynosoma - Horned Lizards

Greater Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Round-tailed Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma modestum

Texas Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum

Desert Horned Lizard      *Possible Occurrence
Phrynosoma platyrhinos

Genus: Sceloporus - Spiny Lizards

*See our notes on recent taxonomic revision of the 'old' Sceloporus undulatus here.

Prairie Lizard   
Sceloporus consobrinus

Plateau Fence Lizard
Sceloporus tristichus

Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus magister

Picture
Photo: Tim Warfel

Common Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus

Genus: Holbrookia - Earless Lizards

Lesser Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata

Genus: Uta - Side-blotched Lizards

Common Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana

Genus: Urosaurus - Tree &                                                 Brush Lizards


Ornate Tree Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus 
Picture
Photo: Tim Warfel, 2014, Moffat Co., Colorado.

Family: Teiidae

Genus: Aspidoscelis - Whiptails

Six-lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselata

Colorado Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neotesselata

Tiger Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris

Plateau Striped Whiptail
Aspidoscelis velox

Picture
Photo: Tim Warfel, 2009.

Family: Crotaphytidae

Eastern Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii 

Family: Scincidae

Genus: Plestiodon - Toothy Skinks

Many-lined Skink
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Great Plains Skink   
Plestiodon obsoletus
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