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(Juvenile) Orange-throated Whiptail

Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi

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Description:

Slender lizard with yellow stripes down entire length. The color starts off orange at the head and fades into blue at the tail. This is true for juveniles. "The belly is pale blue-gray or whitish with large, smooth, rectangular scales in 8 lengthwise rows. Scales on the back are small and granular, and scales on the tail are keeled." - California Herps This one was eating flies.

Habitat:

Outside riparian area of Blue Sky Ecological Reserve. "Ranges from the Santa Ana River in Orange County, and near Colton in San Bernardino County, west of the Peninsular ranges, south throughout the Baja Peninsula. From sea level to aproximately 2,000 ft. (610 m)." - California Herps

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