Ornate Tree Lizard vs. Common Sagebrush Lizard

The Ornate Tree Lizard is a small, slim lizard of the canyons near Flaming Gorge that climbs rock faces and junipers. A: its back is mostly tiny grain-like scales, with bands of larger keeled scales running down it; the Sagebrush Lizard has large spiny scales all over the back. B: the Tree Lizard has a fold of skin right across the throat (the gular fold); the Sagebrush Lizard has no complete fold. Males of both have blue belly patches; the Sagebrush Lizard often has rusty orange in the armpit.

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