![]() ![]() Great Plains Skink great plains skink | image by: Gary M. The future for this lizard is uncertain in Arizona, but for now they have been confirmed sighted in Maricopa country.Ĩ. This species is often kept as a pet which is why the invasive populations. The ocellated bronze skink is not native to the United States but invasive populations have appeared in both Arizona and Florida. Ocellated Bronze Skink ocellated bronze skink | image by Konstakal via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 They can reach 10-16 inches in length and are primarily herbivores that eat fruit, foliage and flowers.ħ. ![]() The desert iguana pictured above is one of the most common types of lizards in the both the Sonoran and the Mojave desert regions of Arizona. I can find no mention of there being a population of invasive green iguanas in Arizona. There are at least 3 species of iguanas in Arizona including the desert iguana, the common chuckwalla, and the spinytail iguana. They reach up to 5.5 inches in length as adults and feed on various invertebrates in the wild such as insects and spiders. Alligator lizards are only found in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in the United States. This unique Arizona lizard has a limited range and is endemic to the southwestern United States and areas of nearby Mexico. Arizona alligator lizard Arizona alligator lizard | image by Marshal Hedin via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 2.0 Like other iguanas, chuckwallas are omnivores and feed on leaves, fruit, as well as insects.ĥ. Along with the gila monster, they are among the largest lizards found in Arizona reaching lengths of up 20 inches or more as adults. The common chuckwalla is actually in the iguana family. Common chuckwalla male common chuckwalla | image by DKGeneralLee via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 There are about 5 different species of earless lizards found in the state.Ĥ. Holbrookia elegans, aka the elegant earless lizard, is a small lizard with a long tail that can be found in some areas of southeastern Arizona. Elegant earless lizard elegant earless lizard Horned lizards have the ability to squirt blood from their eyelids to scare off predators.ģ. This particular species has a fairly widespread range and can be found from Idaho and Oregon south into Southern California and Western Arizona.Īmong the unique things about this lizard is their very spiky scales that supposedly make them less likely to be eaten, but also one unique ability. The desert horned lizard is one of several horned lizards, often referred to as horny toads, found in the state of Arizona. Desert horned lizard desert horned lizard | image by Churnice via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 They are thick, heavy-bodied lizards that can reach close to 2 feet in length as adults.Ģ. One way that the gila monster is unique is that it’s the only venomous lizard in the United States and one of only a handful in the world. These desert-dwelling lizards are found primarily in Arizona and Mexico, with perhaps some in extreme southern California, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico.
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