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Alligator Lizard

Elgaria multicarinatus

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Field Notes

Description:

Very small lizard, maybe 2 inches max excluding tail, about 5 inches with tail.

Notes:

I captured it running across the blacktop and placed it in the tree planter to keep it safe from the foot and car traffic.

Species ID Suggestions

long-tailed brush lizard,

Urosaurus graciosus

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Scott Frazier
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Alligator lizard

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Aaron_G
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Comments (3)
LuisStevens
This one is similar to yours Mexican Alligator Lizard http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8501999
Apple
Wiki reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Alligator_Lizard
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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