#1684 · 🦎 reptiles
Eastern Collared Lizard
🇳🇱 Halsbandleguaan ·Crotaphytus collaris
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what is it?
The common collared lizard ( Crotaphytus collaris ), also called eastern collared lizard , Oklahoma collared lizard or collared lizard , is a North American lizard that can reach 8–15 in (20–38 cm) in length (including the tail), with a large head and powerful jaws. They are well known for the ability to run on their hind legs, looking like small versions of the popular images of theropod dinosaurs. Chiefly found in dry, open regions of Mexico and the south-central United States...
base stats
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.
- 11,474 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Collared Lizard
- Nederlands
- Halsbandleguaan
- scientific name
- Crotaphytus collaris
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Crotaphytidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 11,474
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1823 by Thomas Say
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Crotaphytidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 33135, Wikidata Q912320, GBIF 2470616, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.