BenChesebrough

Really pretty snake. I have the hardest time telling any of the subspecies apart. Is the subspecies determined contextually via where it was found, or are there visual differences between the Texas, Desert, and California varieties?

Amazing pictures. It's very rare to get a picture that shows that the black in the eye is just the pupil. I love that. In most pictures, the entire eye looks black.

I'm almost positive it's an Uta. There are several subspecies of Uta Stansburiana that can have similar patterns to this one. Particularly, the plateau subspecies comes to mind, though it could be others as the pattern sometimes doesn't fully develop until they get a little older. Uta's are some of my very favorite reptiles.

I think that it could also be a Sceloporus of some form. The shape of the head doesn't seem to fit with Urosaurus, at least the ones that I usually see. I could be wrong, though.

I think this is a genus Sceloporus. Not sure on the exact species, but definitely not Urosaurus.

I think you are right about the pattern. It's an Uta Stansburiana.

In my opinion, this isn't an Uta. It's a Sceloporus of some form. Probably Sceloporus graciosus.

I don't think this is an Urosaurus. This is an Uta Stansburiana.

Looks like a checkered whiptail to me. Definitely a Cnemidophorus. To my understanding, it can sometimes be hard to tell the exact species due to inter-species breeding. I see these very commonly in the Ojito, just a few miles north from here, always on top of mesas or in grasslands.