Great Basin Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus bicinctores
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- C. bicinctores – Grand Co, UT – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- C. bicinctores – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Patrick Briggs
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- C. bicinctores – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Patrick Briggs
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- C. bicinctores – Inyo Co, CA – photo by Patrick Briggs
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- C. bicinctores – Maricopa co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Maricopa co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Maricopa co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Maricopa co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Maricopa co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Maricopa co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. bicinctores – Wayne Co, UT – photo by Ryan Shofner
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- C. bicinctores – Wayne Co, UT – photo by Ryan Shofner
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- C. bicinctores Habitat – Wayne Co, UT – photo by Ryan Shofner
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- C. bicinctores – Wayne Co, UT – photo by Ryan Shofner
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotaphytus bicinctores occurs throughout the Colorado, Mojave and Great Basin Desert regions of western and northwestern Arizona, eastern California western and southwestern Utah, and most of the state of Nevada.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotaphytus bicinctores (Gray – 1852)
Genus: Crotaphytus , Greek – krotaphos = side or temple of the head – ref. presence of small polygonal plates on the whole surface of the head
Species: bicinctores, Latin – bi = two + cinctus = banded or girdled – ref. presence of two black bands on neck and shoulder region
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962