I think it is a female banded rock lizard,(Petrosaurus mearnsi) which are found in extreme southern California and down into Mexico. They do a lot of posturing -- pushups and head bobbing. Females will get red gravid coloration on the throat and above the eye. They have one collar, instead of two like most collared lizards have.
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