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NMNH Herpetology in DwC A
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
NMNH Herpetology in DwC A
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
NMNH Herpetology in DwC A
Summary[edit] Description: Gambelia wislizeni at Alkali Lakes, west of the Guadalupe Mountains and northwest of Bartlett Peak, 32.033 -105.013, Otero County, New Mexico, 5 Jun 2019. Date: 5 June 2019, 11:09. Source: Gambelia wislizeni. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM. Camera location32° 01′ 58.8″ N, 105° 00′ 46.8″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.033000; -105.013000.
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Summary[edit] Description: This file has no description, and may be lacking other information. Please provide a meaningful description of this file. Date: 9 May 2008 (original upload date). Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. Macmanes assumed (based on copyright claims).
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Summary[edit] Description: Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia Wislizenii) in Snow Canyon, Utah. Note the gray coloration of the hide. Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. RJHall assumed (based on copyright claims).
Summary[edit] Description: Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores), Collared lizards family (Crotaphytidae). Zion National Park, Watchman Trail. Date: 25 April 2013, 12:40. Source: 2013.04.25_12.40.13_IMG_2778. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA. Camera location37° 12′ 06.29″ N, 112° 58′ 52.68″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.201748; -112.981300.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
NMNH Herpetology in DwC A
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
NMNH Herpetology in DwC A
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
NMNH Herpetology in DwC A
These lizards can change their skin color. Usually being dark in the morning to absorb heat,then turning lighter as they warm up in the sun,as this lizard has.
Identifier: reptilebookcompr1915ditm (find matches)Title: The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern MexicoYear: 1915 (1910s)Authors: Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942Subjects: Reptiles -- North AmericaPublisher: New York, Doubleday, PageContributing Library: MBLWHOI LibraryDigitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:Copyright. 1907, l>y Doubleday, Page & CompanyCOLLARED LIZARD, Crotaphytus collaris. A wonderfully active species of the sub-arid regions and the deserts proper. It often rears the body upward, running swijtly on the hind legs.Text Appearing After Image:Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, n§fe & CompanyLEOPARD LIZARD, Crotaphytus wislizenii. Similar in habits to the Collared Lizard. It is both herbivorous and cannibalistic, preying largely upon the grc d switts and horned toads. Note protective colouration. Sa.uroma.lus and Crotaphytus The writers specimens dug hollows in the sand, under flat,shelving stones. They retreated to these hiding places shortlybefore sunset and always remained in them on cloudy days.One of the largest females—u inches long—deposited 21 eggs,during the early part of August. The eggs were T7g- of an inchin diameter and f of an inch long; their covering was as thinand soft as paper. THE RETICULATED LIZARD Crotaphytus reticulatus, (Baird) Form very similar to that of the Collared Lizard; headlarge and very distinct from the neck. Colouration.—Yellowish brown or grayish; head, body,limbs and tail covered with a net-work of pale gray or yellow;there may be traces of the double collar, but this is usuallyabsNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.