Greater Earless Lizard vs. Elegant Earless Lizard
Both live in the desert grassland and rocky washes of southeastern and central Arizona. A: Bold, broad black crossbands on bright white in the Greater Earless Lizard; clean, plain white: no black bands in the Elegant Earless Lizard. B: Two (rarely three) long curved bars further back, set in big blue patches in adult males in the Greater Earless Lizard; two (rarely three) diagonal bars further forward, near the front leg, without big blue fields in the Elegant Earless Lizard. C: Bigger and long-legged: to 3.5 in (8.9 cm) head and body in the Greater Earless Lizard; smaller: to 3 in (7.5 cm) head and body in the Elegant Earless Lizard.
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