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Sauromalus ater
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- S. ater – Newberry Mountains, NV – photo by Will Wells
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- S. ater – San Bernardino Co, CA – photo by Brad Sillasen
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- S. ater – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- S. ater – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- S. ater – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- S. ater – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- S. ater – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- S. ater Habitat – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- S. ater – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- S. ater – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Bill White
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Sauromalus ater occurs throughout the Colorado, Mojave and Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, California and Nevada.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sauromalus ater (Baird & Girard – 1852)
Genus: Sauromalus , Greek – sauro = lizard + homalos = level or flat – ref. flat body shape
Species: ater, Latin = black, blackened
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962