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Desert Collared Lizard vs. Granite Spiny Lizard

They meet on the desert slopes of San Diego and Riverside counties; their records touch there. Both have black bands on the neck. A: Two narrow black collars in the Desert Collared Lizard; one broad black bar across the shoulders in the Granite Spiny Lizard. B: Tiny, smooth and grain-like in the Desert Collared Lizard; big, keeled and spiny in the Granite Spiny Lizard.

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Desert Collared Lizard

Crotaphytus bicinctores

Granite Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus orcutti
Desert Collared Lizard vs. Granite Spiny Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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