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  • Scientific names
    • Uta stansburiana stellata
    • Uta mannophorus
    • Uta stansburiana
    • Uta stellata
    • Uta antiqua
    • Uta concinna
    • Uta mannophora
    • Uta stansburiana stejnegeri
  • English
    • Side-blotched Lizard
    • Common Side-blotched Lizard
  • Unknown
    • Dickerson's Side-blotched Lizard

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Observer

tigerhawkvok

Date

May 2, 2008
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What

Western Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana elegans

Observer

zabbey

Date

Apr 24, 2012
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Description from Wikipedia

The Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) is a species of Side-blotched Lizard common on the Pacific coast of North America, from Washington to western Texas and NW Mexico. It has a peculiar evolutionary strategy following the pattern of the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, with three types of males existing which each applies a different technique to acquire mates (Sinervo & Lively, 1996; Sinervo, 2001; Alonzo & Sinervo, 2001; Sinervo & Clobert, 2001; Sinervo & Zamudio,...

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.