Sceloporus
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Complete
IGUANIDS:  Iguanidae
Genus - Sceloporus
SIGHTINGS pictures for this genus are listed below.  This is to assist in visual
comparisons, as texts for this page are still yet unwritten.
NORTHWESTERN FENCE LIZARD
(Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis)
AKA "blue belly"
Northwestern Fence
Lizard [male] Shasta, CA
July 7, 2005
Northwestern Fence Lizard
[female] Smith River near
Panther Flat
[Del Norte County]
August 21, 2006
Northwestern Fence Lizard
[old male] Kings Range
near the mouth of the
Mattole River
[So. Humboldt County]
October 9, 2006
[juvenile] Horse Linto Creek
near Willow Creek, CA
[Humboldt County]
April 7, 2007
Northwestern Fence Lizards
LEFT-male (A)
RIGHT-male (B) with missing toes

west of Loleta, CA [Humboldt County]
April 22, 2007
[female]
Klamath River near
Aiken's Creek
[posturing male]
Klamath River across from Orleans, CA
Northeast Humboldt County
along the Klamath River

April 29, 2007
[gravid female]
[shedding juvenile]
Northwestern Fence Lizards - Devil's Punchbowl, Siskiyou Wilderness
[W. Siskiyou County]  June 2-3, 2007
Sceloporus occidentalis in Captivity
ADAPTABLE / HIGH MAINTENANCE
Northwestern
Fence Lizard
[with ticks]
Gold Bluff Beach
Campground near
Fern Canyon
April 26, 2008
Northwestern Fence Lizard [male]
off Blair Road (west of Hoopa)
[Humboldt County]
May 9, 2008
Fencies from Van Duzen River at Grizzly Cr.
[Humboldt County]  June 4, 2008
Top - left:  Adult male; middle: Young female; right: Adult gravid female;
Below - left: Young male
Adult male
Coyote Creek -  Bald Hills, RNSP
July 17, 2008
Adult male from Oroville
[Butte County]   August 2, 2008
NW Fence Lizard
[Adult female]
McCloud River
[Siskiyou Co.]
Aug, 23, 2008
Adult male
Dolason Trail -  Bald Hills, RNSP
June 10, 2008
NW Fence Lizard
South Fork Trinity River
July 5, 2008
NW Fence Lizard
[Adult male]
South Spit
February 20,
2009
How do you tell
the difference
between a
Western Fence
Lizard and a
Sagebrush Lizard?
Please refer to
Sceloporus graciosus
for the answer.
[sub-adult male]
Helena, CA
May 17, 2009
[Adult]
Lower Dolason Prairie
RNSP     May 13, 2009
[Adult male]
Denny, CA
July 10, 2009
[Females]
Matthew's Creek
Aug. 13-16, 2009
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