Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
Summary 7
The western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) is a common lizard of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Northern Mexico, and the surrounding area. As the ventral abdomen of an adult is characteristically blue, it is also known as the blue-belly.
distribution 8
Continent: Middle-America North-America
Distribution: USA (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, W Utah),
Mexico (N Baja California Norte, Isla de Cedros)
becki:
Type locality: San Miguel Island, Gulf of California, Mexico.
biseriatus: S Idaho, southwest through Nevada and W Utah into California and the San Pedro Mártir Range in Baja California.
Type locality: Borders of El Paso Creek and Tejon Valley. Restricted to El Paso Creek by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. (El Paso Creek is in Kern Co., about ten miles
northeast of Ft. Tejon).
bocourti: USA (California).
Type locality: Restricted by Bell (1954), through lectotype designation, to Santa Cruz, Santa
Cruz Co., California.
longipes:
Type locality: Fort Tejon, California [Kern County].
taylori:
Type locality: Half-way between Merced Lake and Sunrise Trail (Echo Creek Basin), elevation 7500 feet, Yosemite National Park, California.
Type locality: œCalifornia and probably Oregon; restricted to œBenicia, Solano County, California by GRINNEL & CAMP 1917
Sources and Credits
- (c) Steven Kurniawidjaja, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Kurniawidjaja
- (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=997&one=T
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/22448341
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/22448342
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/22448343
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/22448344
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceloporus_occidentalis
- (c) Peter Uetz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18853101
