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Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus
This beautiful lizard was doing push ups displaying the bright metallic blue color underside. Now with a correct ID
On granite rocks in pine forest in Sequoia National Park
Gorgeous lizard! I believe the subspecies found in this area is Sceloporus occidentalis biseriatus - San Joaquin Fence Lizard. http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/p...
Emma - I'm not familiar enough with western reptiles to get down to the subspecies level with western fence lizards. :) This web page may help with the ID of this lizard, as it shows a western fence lizard with a blue dewlap. http://www.californiaherps.com/identific... Because of the spotting location, it is not a granite spiny. It could also possibly be a Sagebrush Lizard, S. graciousus. I'm more familiar with the eastern US reptiles - these western species can be confusing! :)
Neil,we have millions of Western Fence Lizards, but this one id different and very gorgeous!! Also they do push ups ,but I have never seen a dew lap except in one which I ID'd as another subspecies. I will post the link in the following comment. Maybe you could check the ID out too!Thanks!
Luis - great spotting! Those colors are fantastic. Just a few days ago I put up a spotting of a lizard with blue on his throat, and commented about the pushup behavior. In the comments on my spotting, there is a YouTube link to a funny video that shows this behavior. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/116...
Spotted on Jun 3, 2012
Submitted on Jun 13, 2012
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