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Keeled Earless Lizard vs. Western Earless Lizard

Two small earless lizards of open sandy ground in southern Texas. A: Tiny but keeled: a fine ridge on each in the Keeled Earless Lizard; tiny, smooth and grain-like in the Lesser Earless Lizard. B: Long: longer than the head and body in the Keeled Earless Lizard; short: about as long as the head and body in the Lesser Earless Lizard. The Keeled Earless Lizard lives on the coastal dunes and sand plains; the Lesser Earless Lizard farther inland and west.

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Keeled Earless Lizard

Holbrookia propinqua

Western Earless Lizard

Holbrookia maculata
Keeled Earless Lizard vs. Lesser Earless Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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