Banded Rock Lizard vs. Desert Spiny Lizard
Both live on rocks on the desert slopes of San Diego and Riverside counties; their records overlap there. A: Tiny, smooth and grain-like in the Banded Rock Lizard; big, keeled and spiny in the Desert Spiny Lizard. B: One narrow black collar right across in the Banded Rock Lizard; a black wedge on each side, not meeting on top in the Desert Spiny Lizard.
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