Elegant Earless Lizard vs. Common Side-blotched Lizard

Both are small, brown, ground-dwelling lizards of open flats across southern Arizona, and both have dark marks behind the front leg. A: Two (sometimes three) dark bars on each lower side in the Elegant Earless Lizard; a single dark blue-black blotch on each side in the Common Side-blotched Lizard. B: No ear opening in the Elegant Earless Lizard; an ear opening in the Common Side-blotched Lizard.

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