Dunes Sagebrush Lizard vs. Prairie Lizard

Both are small spiny lizards of the sand country of southeastern New Mexico; the Prairie Lizard also lives in the dunes (records share all 4 of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard's one-degree squares). A: Pale sand-coloured, with only a faint pattern in the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard; bold pale stripes edged by dark wavy blotches in the Prairie Lizard. Males differ below: the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard has pale blue belly patches and no blue throat; the Prairie Lizard has bright blue belly patches edged black and blue throat patches. The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard lives only in the bare sand bowls among shinnery oak.

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