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Tree Lizard
(Urosaurus ornatus)

Tree Lizard

Family Phrynosomatidae

Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
Listed as Uta ornata in some older publications.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)   Range Map
Color Key
Description:
1 7/8" to 2 1/4" snout-vent length; to 5 3/8" overall. Color mottled tan to brown. Gular fold across throat. Row of enlarged scales down back broken by a central row of smaller scales.
Elevation Range:
To 6500' in northwestern Colorado; to 8000' in southwestern Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Urosaurus ornatus wrighti

Tree Lizard
(Urosaurus ornatus)
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
Adams  DoloresH La PlataH Pitkin 
Alamosa  Douglas  Lake  Prowers 
Arapahoe  Eagle  Larimer  Pueblo 
ArchuletaH El Paso  Las Animas  Rio BlancoH
Baca  Elbert  Lincoln  Rio Grande 
Bent  Fremont  Logan  RouttHMS18
Boulder  GarfieldH MesaH Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
Cheyenne  Grand  MoffatH San MiguelH
Clear Creek  Gunnison *  MontezumaH Sedgwick 
Conejos  Hinsdale  MontroseH Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano  Morgan  Teller 
Crowley  Jackson  Otero  Washington 
Custer  Jefferson  OurayHMS3 Weld 
DeltaH Kiowa  Park  Yuma 
Denver  Kit Carson  Phillips 

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