🦎Western fence lizard
The western fence lizard is a species of lizard native to Arizona, New Mexico, and California, as well as Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Northern Mexico. The species is widely found in its native range and is considered common, often being seen in yards, or as the name implies, on fences. As the ventral abdomen of an adult is characteristically blue, it is also known as the blue-belly. Two western fence lizards have been reported with duplicated or forked tails, presumably following an autotomy.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.
- Body mass
- 0.03 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 7 years
Everything we know about the Western fence lizard
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.03 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeAMBReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.1 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female0.07 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Western fence lizard yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyPhrynosomatidae
- ›genusSceloporus
- ›speciesSceloporus occidentalis
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- familyPhrynosomatidae
- subfamilyPhrynosomatinae
- genusSceloporus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- suborderIguania
- familyPhrynosomatidae
- subfamilyPhrynosomatinae
- genusSceloporus
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