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Yarrow's Spiny Lizard vs. Desert Spiny Lizard

Desert Spiny Lizards live below the San Jacinto Mountains on the desert side. A: A broad black collar edged white, across the neck in the Yarrow's Spiny Lizard; a black wedge on each side of the neck in the Desert Spiny Lizard. B: Beaded black and pale in the Yarrow's Spiny Lizard; yellowish to straw with big keeled scales in the Desert Spiny Lizard.

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Yarrow's Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus jarrovii

Desert Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus magister
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard vs. Desert Spiny Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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