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Striped Plateau Lizard vs. Ornate Tree Lizard

Both live on rocks and trees in the oak woodland of the southeastern mountains. A: Two clean creamy stripes; big keeled spiny scales in the Striped Plateau Lizard; no clean stripes; tiny granular scales with two strips of bigger keeled ones in the Ornate Tree Lizard. B: Plain white in the Striped Plateau Lizard; males with two big blue belly patches in the Ornate Tree Lizard. The Ornate Tree Lizard also has a loose fold of skin along each lower side.

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Striped Plateau Lizard

Sceloporus virgatus

Ornate Tree Lizard

Urosaurus ornatus
Striped Plateau Lizard vs. Ornate Tree Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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