Mr. Nolan's Neighborhood Reptiles

    

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Pictures above taken in our front yard in Grand Junction, Colorado

(Looks like he just had a big meal)

Yellow headed collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris auriceps.

The name auriceps means > aurum=gold / ceps=head

Pictures of collared lizard below were taken in Wilderness Study Area near Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River in Utah

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Picture 1 Series

 

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Gophersnake: Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Pictures taken in Wilderness Study Area area near Westwater Canyon of the Colorado River in Utah

Picture 2 series

 

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Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

Picture taken on north rim of Black Canyon in Black Canyon National Park, Colorado

Picture 3 series

 

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Common Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus

Picture taken at Potash, Utah on Colorado River

Picture 4 series

 

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Gophersnake: Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Picture taken at Hanging Lake Rest Area in Glenwood Canyon on Colorado River near Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Picture 5 series

 

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Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (other name is Wandering Garter snake) Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Picture taken on the Grand Mesa near Grand Junction, Colorado

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Mohave-black collared Lizard, Crotaphytus bicinctores 

Picture taken on the bank of the Green River just north of Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Picture 7 series

 

Mohave black collared Lizard, Crotaphytus of bicinctores

Picture taken on the bank of the Green River just north of Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Picture 8

 

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Gophersnake: Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Picture taken short distance from our home in Grand Junction, Colorado. 

This is Gopher, the wonder snake.  He is over 8 feet long.

Click here to see Gopher climb a hill (6 MB video download)

Picture 9 with video

        

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Desert Spiny Lizard, Orange-headed subspecies, Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus

 found along the San Juan River near Goosenecks State Park in southeast Utah

Picture 10 series

 

   

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Side-blotched Lizard, Colorado subspecies, Uta stansburiana uniformis
 found along the San Juan River near Goosenecks State Park in southeast Utah

Picture 11 series

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Side-blotched Lizard, Colorado subspecies, Uta stansburiana uniformis

found at Rocky Rapid on Colorado River in Professor Valley in eastern Utah on Apr 5, 2005.  The blue spot under the armpit characterizes this species

Picture 12 series

Desert Spiny Lizard, Orange-headed subspecies, Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus

Photos taken on San Juan River in the Goosenecks on May 19, 2007

Picture 13 series

*Special thanks to Robert Schumacher of Witten, Germany with help identifying species on this page

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