Plateau Fence Lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)

Created: May 11th, 2010 - 12:30 AM
Last Modified: October 10th, 2013 - 11:05 PM Entered by: Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad
Record 44672

Country: United States		State: New Mexico	County: San Miguel County	Time: 2010-04-30 14:34:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Female	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: High Desert Grassland/Juniper
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 41.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Variable		Moon Phase: Full Moon	Elevation: 6307.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Found with Brother Chris Wells.

I FELT TERRIBLE about THIS..

When I lifted a board a gravid lizard ran under as I was lifting and it was killed.

In the name of science I am entering it here.

There were 6 eggs inside of her.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Brian Hubbs on Oct 10, 2013 at 10:45 PM

Hello...anyone home? Tristichus...

Posted by Brian Hubbs on Jun 30, 2013 at 01:37 AM

This might be a Plateau Lizard (tristichus), and so is the other entry, or it could be cowlesi (more probable). NM is really screwed up, but this looks nothing like the prairie lizards I see in CO-see entry 126919. Helpful Brian...