Western Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana elegans
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- U. s. elegans – Eagletail Mountains, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- U. s. elegans – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- U. s. elegans – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- U. s. elegans – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- U. s. elegans – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- U. s. elegans – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
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- MAP by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Uta s. elegans occurs throughout southern and western Arizona, central and southern California, southern Nevada and extreme southwestern Utah.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Uta stansburiana stansburiana (Baird & Girard – 1852)
Genus: Uta, state of Utah – ref. region where first discovered
Species: stansburiana, honors Howard S. Stansbury
Subspecies: elegans, Latin = fine or elegant
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962