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#1663 · 🦎 reptiles

Zebra-tailed Lizard

🇳🇱 Hekstaartleguaan ·Callisaurus draconoides

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
Zebra-tailed Lizard, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Robby Deans · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Zebra-tailed lizards ( Callisaurus draconoides ) are a genus of phrynosomatid lizards endemic to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 14,262iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 14,262 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1835 (191 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Zebra-tailed Lizard
Nederlands
Hekstaartleguaan
scientific name
Callisaurus draconoides
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Phrynosomatidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
14,262
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1835 by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Phrynosomatidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 36080, Wikidata Q169498, GBIF 2451459, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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