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Prairie Lizard / Plateau Lizard
(Sceloporus undulatus)

This species is commonly refered to as the Eastern Fence Lizard.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Prairie Lizard / Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Description:: 2¼" to 3½" snout-vent length; to 7¼" overall. Color mottled brown to grayish, frequently with two lighter stripes down back (markings vary regionally). Medium-sized keeled scales on back.

Subspecies in Colorado:: Sceloporus undulatus garmani on northeastern and far eastern plains;
Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus through central mountains;
Sceloporus undulatus elongatus in western Colorado;
Sceloporus undulatus tristichus in and around Archuleta County in southwestern Colorado.

County	Ref.	County	Ref.	County	Ref.	County	Ref.
Prairie Lizard / Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Adams	RLH1, #	Dolores	H	La Plata	H	Pitkin	*
Alamosa	H	Douglas	H	Lake		Prowers	H, #
Arapahoe	#	Eagle	H	Larimer	H	Pueblo	H
Archuleta	H	El Paso	H	Las Animas	H	Rio Blanco	H
Baca	H	Elbert	H	Lincoln	H	Rio Grande	H
Bent	H	Fremont	H	Logan	H	Routt	FVanB1
Boulder	H, #	Garfield	H	Mesa	H	Saguache	H
Chaffee	H	Gilpin	*	Mineral	*	San Juan	*
Cheyenne	H	Grand		Moffat	H	San Miguel	H
Clear Creek	H	Gunnison	H	Montezuma	H	Sedgwick	*
Conejos	H	Hinsdale	*	Montrose	H	Summit
Costilla	H	Huerfano	H	Morgan	H	Teller	RPDeF1
Crowley	*	Jackson		Otero	H	Washington	H
Custer	H	Jefferson	H	Ouray	HMS3	Weld	H
Delta	H	Kiowa	H	Park	H	Yuma	H
Denver	*	Kit Carson	H	Phillips	H

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