photo by: Lisa Robinson
Sceloporus occidentalis Northwestern fence lizard
Key ID features: keeled, spiny scales & two rows of light & dark markings on dorsal side.
COLOR: some shade of gray or brown to almost black.
Blue throat patch: divided or solid. Faint or lacking in females. Blue patches, lined with black
Up to 6.6 inches Total length, nose to tail tip
Posterior surface of hind legs yellow-orange with keeled scales. Dorsal scales are conspicuously free and pointed at back end
photo by: Lisa Robinson
photo by: Lisa Robinson
photo by: Lisa Robinson