Eastern Zebra-tailed Lizard
Callisaurus draconoides ventralis
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- C. d. ventralis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- C. d. ventralis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- C. d. ventralis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- C. d. ventralis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. d. ventralis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Callisaurus d. ventralis occurs in southern and southwestern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus (Cope – 1896)
Genus: Callisaurus, Greek – kalos = beautiful + saurus = lizard
Species: draconoides , Greek – draco = dragon + oides = similar to – “les especes de veritables dragons” (trans) the species of true dragons
Subspecies: ventralis, Latin = of the belly
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962