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Eastern Collared Lizard
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- Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
- Suborder: Lacertilia (=Sauria) (lizards)
- Family: Iguanidae (iguanid lizards)
- Subfamily: Crotaphytinae (collared and leopard
lizards)
- Genus: Crotaphytus (collared lizards)
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| Also known as: mountain
boomer |
Scientific Name: Crotaphytus
collaris collaris (Say, 1823) |
| Habitat: A variety of
habitats from forest to prairie to desert, provided ample rocky
cover is present. |
krotaphos="temples/sides of
head," phyton="creature," collaris="collared"
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| Length: To 14 inches total. |
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| Food: Just about
anything it can fit in its mouth, including insects, arachnids,
other lizards, and small mammals. |
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| I visited a few rocky hillsides
in northern Arkansas with a friend who contributes to the Snakes
of Arkansas web site on 22 August 2004. Although he'd seen
adult collared lizards in the area previously, we didn't find
any--but we did find numerous juveniles. |
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| We found some juveniles by
flipping rocks, but others were out basking in the sun, like this
one. |
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| Here is a closeup of the same
lizard. |
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For more information on collared lizards, see my Oklahoma
collared lizard page. |
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| In addition, I have a gallery of
many more collared lizard pictures at my business website, Mountain
Boomer Music. |
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