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Rose-Bellied Lizard
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Photo by: Quentin Stiles
Small pocket of skin on each side of the base of its long tail.
How to identify:
Coloration:
Dorsal ground color brown.
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Dorsal pattern consists of light dorsolateral lines from each eye onto tail and brown spots in a row on each side of a middorsal line.
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Dark crossbars on limbs.
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Males with two pink belly patches partly rimmed in dark blue which extends onto sides of body to form dark spots in armpit and in groin.
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Males lighter in color; females are more green.
Rose-Bellied Lizards do not have a dewlap
Diet:
Size:
Rose-Bellied Lizards can grow to be 10in to 4-5 1/2in long including the tail
Habitat:
The Rose-Bellied Lizard prefers rocky terrains in arid and semi-arid environments and can commonly br seen on fence posts and among cactus clumps.
Range of habitat:
In North America, the Rose-Bellied Lizard is found from south Texas to northeastern Mexico.
Orange counties indicate new records since previous Herps of Texas updated in 1998; all other colors represent counties with known Rose-Bellied Lizard population prior to 1998
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