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Southwestern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus cowlesi

Photo by LuckyLogan
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Fence lizard of some sort

Habitat:

Near a stream in a desert-like environment

Species ID Suggestions

Southwestern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus cowlesi

Reference Link
AshleyT
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Comments (3)
AshleyT
There is it least one that looks like yours on the link I provided. All of the fence lizards are extremely variable
LuckyLogan
Thanks for the suggestion Ashely. Is there a reason there is such a variety of colors and patterns? I couldn't really find many that looked similar to this one.

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PublishedAugust 21, 2014

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