Lizards, Utah and Arizona (1 Viewer)

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AdrianFisher

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• Jan 3, 2016

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Can anyone help me to ID these lizards? The first was in Zion National Park, Utah, and the second in Red Rock State Park, near Sedona, Arizona. Thanks.

 

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RJP

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• Jan 4, 2016

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The first one is one of the whiptails, for which I need a special field guide I don't have here at work. I'll post again later today with the species.

The second is a Greater Earless Lizard.

 

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AdrianFisher

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• Jan 4, 2016

• #3

RJP said:

The first one is one of the whiptails, for which I need a special field guide I don't have here at work. I'll post again later today with the species.

The second is a Greater Earless Lizard.

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Thanks, Randy, that's very helpful.

Adrian

 

RJP

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• Jan 4, 2016

• #4

You're welcome. The whiptail is a Plateau Striped Whiptail, Aspidoscelis velox. Note that there have both been changes to the taxonomy of whiptails over the past decade+, and both common and scientific names have changed.

 

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AdrianFisher

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• Jan 4, 2016

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RJP said:

You're welcome. The whiptail is a Plateau Striped Whiptail, Aspidoscelis velox.

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That's what I had guessed from my researches on the net, but I am a newbie when it comes to reptiles. Thanks again.