Order: Squamata - Lizards
Colorado Lizard Species
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Scientific Name
Aspidoscelis neotesselata Aspidoscelis sexlineata viridis Aspidoscelis tesselata Aspidoscelis tigris Aspidoscelis velox Crotaphytus collaris Gambelia wislizenii Holbrookia maculata Phrynosoma hernandesi Phrynosoma cornutum Phrynosoma modestum Plestiodon multivirgatus
Sceloporus consobrinus Sceloporus graciosus Sceloporus magister Sceloporus tristichus Urosaurus ornatus Uta stansburiana |
Common Name
Colorado Checkered Whiptail Prairie Racerunner Common Checkered Whiptail Western (Tiger) Whiptail Plateau Striped Whiptail Eastern Collared Lizard Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Common Lesser Earless Lizard Greater Short-horned Lizard Texas Horned Lizard Round-tailed Horned Lizard Many-lined Skink
Prairie Lizard Common Sagebrush Lizard Desert Spiny Lizard Plateau Fence Lizard Ornate Tree Lizard Common Side-blotched Lizard |
Species of Possible Occurrence
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Scientific Name
Phrynosoma platyrhinos |
Common Name
Desert Horned Lizard |
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Phrynosoma - Horned Lizards
Greater Short-horned Lizard
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Texas Horned Lizard
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Genus: Sceloporus - Spiny Lizards
*See our notes on recent taxonomic revision of the 'old' Sceloporus undulatus here.
Prairie Lizard
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Plateau Fence Lizard
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Desert Spiny Lizard
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Common Sagebrush Lizard
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Genus: Holbrookia - Earless LizardsLesser Earless Lizard
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Genus: Uta - Side-blotched LizardsCommon Side-blotched Lizard
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Family: Teiidae
Genus: Aspidoscelis - Whiptails
Six-lined Racerunner
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Common Checkered Whiptail
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Colorado Checkered Whiptail
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Tiger Whiptail
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Plateau Striped Whiptail
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Family: Crotaphytidae
Eastern Collared Lizard
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Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
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Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon - Toothy Skinks
Many-lined Skink
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Great Plains Skink
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