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Common Side-blotched Lizard vs. Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Both live in southern Idaho. The Common Side-blotched Lizard has a dark blotch on the side just behind the front leg and tiny grainy back scales; the Long-nosed Leopard Lizard has many big round dark spots, no collar, a long narrow snout and tiny grainy scales. A: Common Side-blotched Lizard, a dark blue-black blotch on the side just behind the front leg; Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, no collar: the spots run onto the neck. B: Common Side-blotched Lizard, tiny, grainy scales: not spiny; Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, tiny, grain-like scales. C: Common Side-blotched Lizard, speckled with pale blue (males) or dark blotches and pale stripes (females); Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, many big, round dark spots.

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Common Side-blotched Lizard

Uta stansburiana

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Gambelia wislizenii

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