Great Basin Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus bicinctores
32.2442, -111.168
Field Notes
Description:
Large spotted lizard with black stripes on its neck, and very bright orange spots near stripes. Greenish underside & feet.
Habitat:
Sonoran Desert, rocks.
Notes:
Photos taken by Betsy Purdum at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. According to Reptiles of Arizona, the orange dots indicate that it's a pregnant female. She definitely looks that way from the side!
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