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Granite Spiny Lizard
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- Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
- Suborder: Lacertilia (=Sauria) (lizards)
- Family: Iguanidae (iguanid lizards)
- Subfamily: Phrynosomatinae (spiny and horned
lizards)
- Genus: Sceloporus (fence and spiny
lizards)
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Scientific Name: Sceloporus
orcutti Stejneger, 1893 |
| Habitat: Rocky areas,
canyons with large boulders. |
Skelos="leg," porus="pore"
(referring to femoral pores on the legs), orcutti in honor
of naturalist Charles R. Orcutt
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| Length: to 10.5 inches
total. |
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| Food: Insects. |
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I happened to see this juvenile lizard sunning
itself, looking very proud, as I was hiking the Palm Canyon Trail
at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park the morning of 11 April 2003. |
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| This specimen was only about 6
inches long. I saw a few adults which were easily twice as
big, but they always ran off before I got close enough for a
photograph. |
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