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Banded Rock Lizard vs. Desert Collared Lizard

Both live on rocky desert slopes in Anza-Borrego; their records overlap there. A: One narrow black collar in the Banded Rock Lizard; two black collars in the Desert Collared Lizard. B: Very flat, banded across the back in the Banded Rock Lizard; big-headed and round-bodied, covered in pale spots in the Desert Collared Lizard.

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Banded Rock Lizard

Petrosaurus mearnsi

Desert Collared Lizard

Crotaphytus bicinctores
Banded Rock Lizard vs. Desert Collared Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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