Long-tailed Brush Lizard vs. Common Side-blotched Lizard
Both live in the Colorado and eastern Mojave deserts; their records overlap widely. A: No dark blotch in the Long-tailed Brush Lizard; a dark blotch in the Common Side-blotched Lizard. B: More than twice the head and body in the Long-tailed Brush Lizard; about one and a half times the head and body in the Common Side-blotched Lizard. The brush lizard lies still along shrub twigs; the Side-blotched runs on the ground and rocks.
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