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Western fence lizard

Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

Small striped brown lizard

Habitat:

In the rocks along the banks of the Illinois River in southern Oregon, where summers are pretty warm and dry.

Notes:

Very fast-moving when it senses danger, diving for cracks to hide in. It can be seen when sunning itself on fences (or other places).

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Western fence lizard

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Comments (1)
Christy Chow
Hi! Nice spotting. Did you get to see the blue belly? :) Please consider adding it to the "Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest" mission!

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PublishedMarch 31, 2011

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