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(Female) Granite Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti
33.0069, -117.01
Field Notes
Description:
Rusty to gray colored lizard with rough scales and is heavily banded. "A large, dark, lizard with large pointed keeled scales, a triangular dark wedge on the sides of the neck, and dark bands across the body. Often these crossbands are not visible when a lizard is in its dark phase and the body color matches the bands. Scales are more stronly keeled on the tail, giving it a more prickly appearance." - California Herps
Habitat:
Rocky chaparral area of Lake Poway. "Ranges from the northern side of San Gorgonio Pass south along the lower slopes of the Peninsular ranges into Baja California where it ranges almost to the cape. Found on the desert slopes of the mountains where there is sufficient plant cover, and on the coastal side inland to near the coast and north to the Santa Ana River. " - California Herps
Notes:
"Eats small invertebrates, small lizards, and occasionally fruits and flowers." - California Herps
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