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western fence lizard

sceloporus occidentalis

Description:

dry green body with lots of scales

Habitat:

Hot dry deserts.

Notes:

It was warming up on a dry rock

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4 Comments

birdboy8000
birdboy8000 11 years ago

mainly flys.

JeanSawatzky
JeanSawatzky 11 years ago

Great shot!

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

The scientific name of the Blue Belly Lizard is Sceloporus occidentalis. Another common name for it is Western Fence Lizard.

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

This is a very cool spotting, birdboy! I wonder what they eat?

birdboy8000
Spotted by
birdboy8000

Chelan, Washington, USA

Spotted on Jun 4, 2012
Submitted on Jun 6, 2012

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