Banded Rock Lizard
Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi
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- P. m. mearnsi – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- P. m. mearnsi – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- P. m. mearnsi – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- P. m. mearnsi – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- P. m. mearnsi – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jonathan Mills-Anderson (naherp.com)
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- P. m. mearnsi – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Tamara Ballensky (naherp.com)
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- P. m. mearnsi – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nicholas Hess (naherp.com)
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- P. m. mearnsi – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Nicholas Hess (naherp.com)
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- P. m. mearnsi – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Gregory Litiatco (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Petrosaurus m. mearnsi occurs in the Peninsular Mountain ranges of southern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Petrosaurus mearnsi mearnsi (Stejneger – 1894)
Genus: Petrosaurus, Greek – petra = rock + saurus = lizard
Species/Subspecies: mearnsi, honors Edgar A. Mearns
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962