#1607 · 🦎 reptiles

Western Fence Lizard

🇳🇱 Westelijke haagleguaan ·Sceloporus occidentalis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Steven Kurniawidjaja · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © gavinh · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Lauren Glevanik · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sophie Cameron · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Black Star Canyon Hike:© Austin Xu · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. California, US:© Connor Long · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Healdsburg, CA, US:© Ted Judah · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bass Cove Trail, Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Alameda County, CA, USA:© Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
10. Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA, US:© Liam O'Brien · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The western fence lizard ( Sceloporus occidentalis ) is a common lizard of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Northern Mexico, and the surrounding area. As the ventral abdomen of an adult is characteristically blue, it is also known as the blue-belly .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 209,874iNaturalist 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.
209,874 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1852 (174 years ago).