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Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Family Crotaphytidae
Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
Last Updated on January 20, 2000.
| Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) | |

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- Description:
- 3½" to 4½" snout-vent length; to 14" overall. Color greenish to tan, often with lighter greenish to yellow bars across back. Two prominent collar-like black bands separated by lighter band behind neck. Dorsal surface often peppered with small whitish spots. Large head, with prominent constriction at neck.
- Elevation Range:
- Up to 7000' in southeastern Colorado; to 8000' in western Colorado.
- Subspecies in Colorado:
- Crotaphytus collaris collaris in southeastern Colorado; Crotaphytus collaris auriceps in western Colorado.
C. c. auriceps males have a bright yellow head; C. c. collaris males have head nearly the same as body color.
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Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) |
| County | Ref. | |
County | Ref. | |
County | Ref. | |
County | Ref. |
| Adams | | |
Dolores | H | |
La Plata | H | |
Pitkin | |
| Alamosa | | |
Douglas | | |
Lake | | |
Prowers | H |
| Arapahoe | | |
Eagle | | |
Larimer | | |
Pueblo | H |
| Archuleta | H | |
El Paso | | |
Las Animas | H | |
Rio Blanco | * |
| Baca | H | |
Elbert | | |
Lincoln | | |
Rio Grande | |
| Bent | H | |
Fremont | H | |
Logan | | |
Routt | |
| Boulder | | |
Garfield | H | |
Mesa | H | |
Saguache | |
| Chaffee | | |
Gilpin | | |
Mineral | | |
San Juan | |
| Cheyenne | * | |
Grand | | |
Moffat | * | |
San Miguel | H |
| Clear Creek | | |
Gunnison | * | |
Montezuma | H | |
Sedgwick | |
| Conejos | | |
Hinsdale | | |
Montrose | H | |
Summit | |
| Costilla | | |
Huerfano | H | |
Morgan | | |
Teller | |
| Crowley | * | |
Jackson | | |
Otero | H | |
Washington | |
| Custer | * | |
Jefferson | | |
Ouray | | |
Weld | |
| Delta | H | |
Kiowa | * | |
Park | | |
Yuma | |
| Denver | | |
Kit Carson | | |
Phillips | | |
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