Red-banded Butterfly Lizard vs. Common Butterfly Lizard

Both butterfly lizards were brought to Florida from south-east Asia; they live in burrows on open, sunny lawns in Miami-Dade, Lee and Charlotte counties. A: Plain reddish-orange on the rear two-thirds of the side, with little dark barring in the Red-banded Butterfly Lizard; bold black and orange bars down the side in the Common Butterfly Lizard. Male butterfly lizards flatten their bodies to show off the sides. Red-banded males have a nearly plain head with a pale yellowish stripe behind and below the eye.

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