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Crotaphytidae

Crotaphytus collaris

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Crotaphytidae

Genera

Crotaphytus
Gambelia

The family Crotaphytidae, or Collared lizards, are desert-dwelling reptiles native to the Southwest USA and northern Mexico. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivorous, feeding mainly on smaller lizards.

There are 12 species in two genera.

Technical characters

Femoral pores present.
Interparietal scale small (distinctly smaller than ear opening).
Never have an enlarged midorsal scale row or fringe.
Never have a divided rostral scale.
No bony spines or projecting ridges on their heads.
No scales projecting over their ears, and no scales forming a prominent fringe on sides of toes as in Phrynosomatidae.

Species

Family: Crotaphytidae

Genus Gambelia (Leopard lizards)
- Cope's leopard lizard - Gambelia copeii
- Blunt-nosed leopard lizard - Gambelia sila
- Long-nosed leopard lizard - Gambelia wislizenii
Genus Crotaphytus (Collared lizards)
- Venerable collared lizard - Crotaphytus antiquus
- Mojave collared lizard - Crotaphytus bicinctores
- Common collared lizard - Crotaphytus collaris
- Grimser's collared lizard - Crotaphytus grismeri
- Angel Island collared lizard - Crotaphytus insularis
- Sonoran collared lizard - Crotaphytus nebrius
- Reticulated collared lizard - Crotaphytus reticulatus
- Baja collared lizard - Crotaphytus vestigium

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