Colorado Checkered Whiptail vs. Common Sagebrush Lizard

Their records overlap near Moses Lake and Potholes Reservoir, Washington, where the whiptail is an introduced colony. A: Tiny grain-like scales in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; small, keeled, spiny scales in the Common Sagebrush Lizard. B: Six pale stripes; pale spots and bars in the dark fields between them: checkered in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; blotchy pattern; rusty orange in the armpit in the Common Sagebrush Lizard.

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