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Another lizard living in Tahquitz valley, this time a granite spiny lizard, a very appropriate name considering the very pointed scales covering its body, legs and tail. Baja California Brush Lizard. The Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard is a Cape Region endemic in Baja California Sur. Spiny-tailed lizards live in arid and semiarid habitats from northern Africa to India. 023032. Southern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria multicarinata : California Legless Lizard, Anniella stebbinsi : San Diego Banded Gecko, Coleonyx variegatus abbotti: Phrynosomatidae (Spiny Lizards) Coast Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma blainvillii : Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis : Granite Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus orcutti: Side-blotched Lizard, 09042427PD. This species is found from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas, but is not known from the Pacific coast of the Cape Region. The spiny-tailed lizard likens itself to a gentle, small dinosaur partly because of its specially-designed tail that waves off predators in defense. Inyo Co., CA. Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard. There's a whole family of spiny lizards in America, all of which have scales like this. Sceloporus uniformis. Blue Spiny Lizard Handling and Temperament. The name of this reptile is actually derived from an ancient Greek word meaning "tail," "whip," or "scourge." They can be handled when necessary but may attempt to bite or escape. Encircle the lizard’s body from neck to cloaca with palm and fingers. Use care. It also occurs on Islas Ballena, Espíritu Santo, Gallo, and Partida Sur in the Gulf of California.
The granite spiny lizards live in southwest California southward into Baja California. They are limbed lizards with broad heads and stout bodies, and most adults grow up to about 25 to 30 cm ... Baja California Brush Lizard. Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard. San Diego Co., CA. Spiny-tails are found in the wild in parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and India. This magnificent spiny lizard should be considered a display species and not a “pet” lizard in the commonly thought of handleable sense. The yellow-backed spiny lizard, Sceloporus uniformis Phelan and Brattstrom, 1955, occurs primarily in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and northwestern Arizona, as well as the Central Valley of California from near sea level to around 1,520 m (Conrad 2009). Urosaurus nigricaudus. Spiny-tailed lizard, (Uromastyx), any of more than a dozen species belonging to the lizard family Agamidae. Sceloporus uniformis. Generally, they live in fields with lots of boulders or rock formations (especially they like granite rocks of course) but sometimes where people are in their territory they may inhabit construction sites with lots of …