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Canyon Lizard vs. Ornate Tree Lizard

The two small grey rock lizards of the Trans-Pecos canyons; both have tiny granular scales. A: No fold across the throat; a black bar on the side of the neck in the Canyon Lizard; a loose fold of skin across the throat in the Ornate Tree Lizard. B: All tiny and granular in the Canyon Lizard; tiny grains with bands of bigger keeled scales down the middle in the Ornate Tree Lizard. Canyon Lizard males have big blue belly patches edged black.

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Canyon Lizard

Sceloporus merriami

Ornate Tree Lizard

Urosaurus ornatus
Canyon Lizard vs. Ornate Tree Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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