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#1677 · 🦎 reptiles

Common Sagebrush Lizard

Sceloporus graciosus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Cam Stewart · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Kerry Matz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  3. 3. © R.J. Adams · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Kerry Matz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  5. 5. © Franco Folini · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. © Kerry Matz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  7. 7. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  9. 9. © Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Common Sagebrush Lizard, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Cam Stewart · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The sagebrush lizard ( Sceloporus graciosus ) is a common species of phrynosomatid lizard found at mid to high altitudes in the western United States of America. It belongs to the genus Sceloporus (spiny lizards) in the Phrynosomatidae family of reptiles. Named after the sagebrush plants near which it is commonly found, the sagebrush lizard has keeled and spiny scales running along its dorsal surface.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 12,279iNaturalist 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.
  • 12,279 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1852 (174 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Sagebrush Lizard
scientific name
Sceloporus graciosus
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Phrynosomatidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
12,279
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1852 by Charles Frédéric Girard

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

relatives· Phrynosomatidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55960, Wikidata Q943049, GBIF 2451223, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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