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Common Side-blotched Lizard
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Reptilia
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 1-2 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Desert
Range
North America
Movement
Running
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

The common side-blotched lizard is a small, swift desert lizard of western North America, named for the dark blotch behind each foreleg. Males come in three throat colours — blue, orange, or yellow — that determine mating strategy in a biological rock-paper-scissors dynamic.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    hatchling
    A miniature reptile emerges from its egg already independent.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A juvenile sheds and grows, often duller-colored than adults.
  3. 3.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult size and coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Phrynosomatidae
Genus
Uta
Species
Uta stansburiana