![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_49573a.jpg)
Male Side-blotched Lizard, non-breeding colors: note dark side blotch |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33697a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard: especially in females, the blotch may be faint |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_02167a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard: dark male with shorter tail |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_12474a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard: dark male with very long tail |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_12425a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard: pale male with yellow-orange highlights |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/D5300_04793a.jpg)
Male Side-blotched Lizard in the bottom of Death Valley |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_23682a.jpg)
Male Side-blotched Lizard in non-breeding colors |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_19729a.jpg)
Male Side-blotched Lizard in breeding colors |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_25278a.jpg)
Wickenburg, Arizona |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_24866a.jpg)
Tucson, Arizona |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_20261a.jpg)
Unusually red lizard from SE Utah |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_18163a.jpg)
Breeding male; Joshua Tree NP |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_12869a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult female (LA Basin, Southern California) |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33696a.jpg)
Female: notice indistinct longitudinal stripes and bars on the tail |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33698a.jpg)
Female: notice indistinct longitudinal stripes and bars on the tail |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_12870a.jpg)
Pale female (LA Basin, Southern California) |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/S120_21332a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult male in breeding color |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_28215a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult male in breeding color (Gold Butte, NV) |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_01939a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult male in breeding color |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_20267a.jpg)
Unusually red lizard from SE Utah |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_25277a.jpg)
Wickenburg, Arizona |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_20276a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult male |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_24865a.jpg)
Tucson, Arizona |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_01854a.jpg)
Uta on Desert Holly leaves in the bottom of Death Valley |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33699a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult female |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_19731a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult female |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_02174a.jpg)
Side-blotched Lizard adult female |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_28200a.jpg)
Leadfield, Death Valley, California |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_30266a.jpg)
Young Side-blotched Lizard |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_30265a.jpg)
Young Side-blotched Lizard |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_30282a.jpg)
Young Side-blotched Lizard |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_30275a.jpg)
Young Side-blotched Lizard |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_30309a.jpg)
Very young Side-blotched Lizard: already lost it's tail |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/RX10_30310a.jpg)
Very young Side-blotched Lizard: already lost it's tail |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/S120_21332b.jpg)
Adult male Side-blotched Lizard in breeding color (zoom) |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/S120_03929b.jpg)
Dorsal scales more-or-less uniform in size (breeding female) |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/S120_03931a.jpg)
Common Side-blotched Lizard with breeding colors |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33695a.jpg)
Female: no enlarged postanal scales |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/S120_03930a.jpg)
Female Common Side-blotched Lizard |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33701a.jpg)
White stripe from eye to shoulder; complete gular fold |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/IMG_33700a.jpg)
Large scales on head |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_12430a.jpg)
Pale lizard with yellow-orange highlights; Floor of Death Valley |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/Uta-variation-S120_03928-1.jpg)
1. Pattern variation: normal breeding female |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/Uta-variation-S120_03928-2.jpg)
2. Pattern variation: focus only on the darkest blotches |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/Uta-variation-S120_03928-3.jpg)
3. Pattern variation: erase the remaining back pattern |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/Uta-variation-S120_03928-4.jpg)
4. Pattern variation: unusual pattern on female side-blotched lizard |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_19726a.jpg)
1. Male in full breeding condition |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_19727a.jpg)
2. Male in full breeding condition interacting with female |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_19728a.jpg)
3. Male in full breeding condition, but female runs off |
![Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/DSC_19730a.jpg)
4. Female off by herself |
![Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)](p-us/S120_05003a.jpg)
Common Side-blotched Lizard tracks in soft sand |
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