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Reptile Gallery

Lizards

order Squamata - suborder Lacertilia

family Crotaphytidae (Collared Lizard)

Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris

Photo taken in Taylor County, June 2007

(Native of Texas)

Texas Spiny Lizard Sceloporus olivaceus

Photos taken in Taylor County, May 2004

Photos taken in Taylor County, May 2005

Photos taken in Taylor County, May 2008

(Native of Texas)

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family Phrynosomatidae (Sand, Horned, and Spiny Lizards)

Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum

Photo taken in Taylor County, May 2004, August 2005

(Native of Texas)

This is a female with an orange chest.

family Phrynosomatidae (Sand, Horned, and Spiny Lizards)

Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus

There is great regional variation of color in this species. Males can have green tails and orange midsections with dark bands.

Photo taken in Taylor County, July 2005

(Native of Texas)

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family Phrynosomatidae (Sand, Horned, and Spiny Lizards)

Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata

The lizards in this species also have a variety of colors but they have lengthwise stripes.

(Native of Texas)

family Teiidae (Whiptail)

Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Photo taken in Taylor County, October 2004

(Native of Texas)

family Gekkonidae (Gecko)

Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus

Photo taken in Taylor County, August 2009

(Intrusive - native of the Mediterranean )