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By far my Favorite local Lizard species, The pictures were taken at various places around N. California in the past few years. Enjoy










Foot Hill Reptiles

Where did you catch the one pictured in the 3rd shot from the bottom? It looks like an S. graciosus, but it could just be the angle; the scales look too small for S. occidentalis.

-Alice

It is possible that it is S. graciosus, I still have trouble distinguishing graciosus from occidentalis. All the individuals photographed in a captive environment were collected from Amador County in or near the Sutter Hill area. Thanks for looking
Foot Hill Reptiles

I'm not sure if that area is in or out of range for S. graciosus, but it looks like it's pretty close to the mapped range. The lizard in question is the adult pictured in hand with the paper bag in the background.

This page: http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/s.g.gracilis.html has some very good comparison photos of S. graciosus versus S. occidentalis.

The lizard looks like a female. Female sagebrush lizards will often get an orange wash along the sides and usually won't have the blue ventral stripes like S. occidentalis.

-Alice

I am pretty sure I am right on the edge of there range, Thanks for the link I will have a look
Foot Hill Reptiles