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	SDNHM - Side-blotched Lizard
		Size: The Side-blotched Lizard is small -- snout-vent length about 2 1/4 inches (5.5 cm).
		The common name refers to the black spot on each side of the lizard, just behind the forelegs.
		There is a conspicuous dark blotch on each side, just behind the front legs.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/herps/uta-stan.html

	Death-Valley.us - Desert side-blotched lizard - Uta stansburiana
		Lizards that eat side-blotched lizards include whiptails, desert spiny and leopard lizards.
		Side-blotched lizards eat a wide variety of insects and other arthropods.
		Lizards feed opportunistically on any moving insect of suitable size that passes nearby as they bask or move about their home range.
	www.death-valley.us /article74.html

	Uta stansburiana, the Side-Blotched Lizard
		Distinguishing characters: A small species; a conspicuous bluish-black blotch on each side behind the forelimbs; dorsum blotched or spotted with blue, orange, yellow, brown and/or black; whitish to grey on venter; orange or light blue patch on throat, and no blue belly patches.
		This lizard is very common on the back dunes and south of the river along the mesa tops and steep slopes.
		Similar species: Sceloporus occidentalis: Have keeled, pointed dorsal scales; lack bluish-black spots on side behind forelimb.
	www.sci.sdsu.edu /BFS/main/SMER/HERPS/UTST.htm

	Side-blotched Lizard - DesertUSA
		The Side-blotched Lizard is one of the most abundant and commonly observed lizards in the West's drier regions.
		Side-blotched Lizards prey on a variety of creatures: ants, ant lion larvae, flies, mosquitoes, damselflies, dragonflies, beetles, bees, aphids, caterpillars, ticks, scorpions and spiders.
		This lizard is generally brownish, but it may be darker or lighter, and has a dark blotch located on each side of the chest just behind the front leg; hence, the common name.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/nov/papr/lizar.html

	Lizard
		But like all other lizards, they are dry-skinned, generally preferring to avoid water (though all lizards are able to swim if needed).
		Some lizard species called "glass snakes" or "glass lizards" have no functional legs, though there are some vestigal skeletal leg structures.
		Lizards are reptiles of the order Squamata, which they share with the snakes.
	united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/lizard.html

	Bryce Canyon National Park: Nature & Geology - Wildlife
		The Side-blotched Lizard ranges from central Washington through southern California and western Texas and is one of the most prevalent lizards in the dry and semiarid West.
		Female Side-blotched lizards lay up to 3 clutches of eggs (up to 12 each) between March and August.
		This lizard is small and brown with dark blotches on the chest behind the forelegs.
	www.nps.gov /brca/sideblotched_lizard.html

	The Side-blotched Lizard : Utah's Hogle Zoo
		The side-blotched lizard, known also as Stansbury's iguana, is a close relative of the large iguanas.
		A small brownish lizard with a bluish or black blotch on the side of the chest behind the axilla.
		This lizard usually lives in rock crevices, a small mammal's empty hole or a gap under a stone.
	www.hoglezoo.org /animals/view.php?id=65

	Cooperation Between Unrelated Male Lizards Adds A New Wrinkle To Evolutionary Theory
		The remarkable thing about the color morphs of side-blotched lizards is that an enormous range of behavioral, physiological, and life-history traits are correlated with throat color.
		The side-blotched lizard has three different color morphs (a "morph" is a morphologically distinct subset of a species).
		Rock-Paper-Scissors, Lizard Style: Game Of Life Allows All Mating Strategies, Cornell Evolutionary Biologist Reports (December 11, 2000) -- If the objective of the genetic game of life is to distribute one's genes among the greatest number of offspring, an aggressive male with lots of females in a big territory would seem a likely...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/06/030620081012.htm

	Uta stansburiana (Side-blotched Lizard)
		Side-blotched Lizards are petite lizards that are covered with fine granular scales with the exception of the tail, which has scales that are slightly keeled.
		Side-blotched Lizards mature early and may lay two clutches of eggs during one breeding season (up to three clutches in some parts of their range) (Behler and King 1979, Nussbaum et al.
		The dorsal ground color of Side-blotched Lizards is generally a light shade of gray or tan that is sprinkled with both light and dark colored spots.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/reptile/lacer/utst/utst.htm

	Reptielen.web-log.nl
		I don't really speak lizard, but I've been practicing to impress Lee Kats, a friend of a friend referred by another friend as a "frog guy." I need a frog guy, because a good lizard man is hard to find these days.
		When it comes to human contributions to the landscape, lizards are particularly partial to a nice concrete gully, where they can come out of the safety of the scrub to bask, he adds.
		Kats' choice of path is up a storm drain on a hillside not quite denuded of native plants such as coyote bush and laurel sumac.
	reptielen.web-log.nl

	Probably a fence lizard/blue belly or maybe a side blotched lizard.np
		Probably a fence lizard/blue belly or maybe a side blotched lizard.np
		: I am from miami visiting cali and we caught this little lizard about 4 inches or sao long.
		Brown rough skin, with a patch or blue under the neck and yellow on belly by legs.
	www.kingsnake.com /forum/whatl/messages/1934.html

	Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
		The side-blotched lizards here had evolved a nice reddish color for camouflage against the beautiful red rock formations of this park, which is near the similar but more famous Canyonlands National Park.
		Perhaps I should start a collection of lizards perched in rock crevices, which would include this side-blotched lizard from California, a fence lizard from Utah, and a gecko from Australia.
		This genus was named after Utah, where these colorful little lizards were first identified in 1852.
	www.wildherps.com /species/U.stansburiana.html

	Common Side-blotched Lizard, eNature.com
		A small lizard with small back scales, some larger scales on head; a fold with granular scales across throat.
		These lizards live on or near the ground and are voracious consumers of insects.
		Single dark blue to black spot on side behind foreleg.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=AR0080

	Side Blotched Lizard
		Thank you to Jason Peraza for correcting the identity of this lizard specie, which I had previous labelled incorrectly as a Zebra Tail Lizard (also found in Death Valley).
		Plenty of ugly bugs, a couple birds maybe, and lots of these cute little lizards!
		This little devil was a very nice model.
	www.tewsnet.com /photos/valley/lizard.html

	side-blotched lizard - WordWeb dictionary definition
		Nearest: side, sidearm, side arm, sidebar, sideboard, sideburn, side by side, sidecar, side chair, side chapel, side dish
		One of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
	www.wordwebonline.com /en/SIDEBLOTCHEDLIZARD

	Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
		Overall coloration variable but typically brown to gray with speckles.
		Has a black blotch behind each foreleg (but sometimes faint or absent).
		Stays mostly on the ground (rarely seen in trees).
	www.wc.pima.edu /Bfiero/tucsonecology/animals/rept_sbli.htm

	MAA Online - Columns
		In The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugène Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History, Richard K. Guy and Robert E. Woodrow, eds.
		In The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugene Strèns Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History, Richard K. Guy and Robert E. Woodrow, eds.
		The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugène Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History.
	www.maa.org /pubs/books/trk_bib.htm

	Ecology Group - Journal Articles
		Rickard, W. Field Observations on the Altitudinal Distribution of the Side-Blotched Lizard.
		Rickard, W. Onset of Winter Dormancy in Lizards and Beetles.
	www.pnl.gov /ecology/pubs/JAter.htm

	BISON Species Account 030095
		Side-blotched lizards observed at the Pedro Armendaris lava field were locally abundant, especially in areas with considerable sand on the lava (Best and James, 1983) 59.
		1983: At sites within the Pedro Armendaris lava field (Socorro and Sierra Counties), side-blotched lizards (U.stansburiana) were locally abundant, especially in areas with considerable sand on the lava (Best and James, 1983) 59.
		1996: The side-blotched lizard is rare to rocky slopes, uncommon in bajada desertscrub, and rare to mesquite-dominated bajada in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Arizona (Rosen & et al, 1996) 73.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/030095.htm

	Visuals Unlimited Stock Photography: Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana), Arches National Park, Utah.
		Visuals Unlimited Stock Photography: Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana), Arches National Park, Utah.
		Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana), Arches National Park, Utah.
	www.visualsunlimited.com /browse/vu303/vu303731.html

	Information on side-blotched lizard
		side-blotched lizard n : one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States [syn: sand lizard, Uta stansburiana ]
		[ W E B K N O W L E D G E O N L I N E :: side-blotched lizard ]
	www.wkonline.com /d/side-blotched_lizard.html

	Shrub-Steppe Series: What About Lizards?
		The side-blotched lizard, generally the smallest of the three local species, is named for the large black spot found on the sides of its body behind the front legs.
		The side-blotched lizard eats insects such as spiders, mites, and scorpions and likes the gravelly soil of the flat shrub-steppe with lots of rocky places and bushes under which it can hide.
		Like the side-blotched lizard, it eats insects and hides under rocks or bushes when it is startled.
	www.pnl.gov /pals/resource_cards/lizards.stm (884 words)

	Torrey PInes State Reserve Reptiles
		In contrast to the survey results, the fence and side-blotched lizards are the two species most commonly seen; in spite of being here in appreciable numbers, the orange-throated whiptail is observed only occasionally, and the alligator lizard is rarely seen.
		When not alarmed, this lizard moves about in a slow ambling way in contrast to the fence and side-blotched lizards, which usually are resting in the sun or running rapidly from what they perceive as threats.
		Because of the mild year-around climate here, lizards may be observed throughout the year, but they are most active during spring and early summer, when two species in particular (Western fence lizard and side-blotched lizard) are very common on and near trails.
	www.torreypine.org /tprept.htm (884 words)

	SDNHM - Side-blotched Lizard
		Prey and Predators: The Side-blotched Lizard is insectivorous.
		The Side-blotched Lizard is distributed across most of the western United States and northern Mexico.
		Size: The Side-blotched Lizard is small -- snout-vent length about 2 1/4 inches (5.5 cm).
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/herps/uta-stan.html (884 words)

	1996.txt
		Journal Article Bursey, C.R.;Goldberg, S.R. 1996 Oochoristica macallisteri sp n (Cyclophyllidea: Linstowiidae) from the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae), from California, USA Folia Parasitologica 43 4 293-296 Reptilia, sauria, side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, infection, helminth, cestode, Oocharistica macallisteri sp n.
		were recovered from the small intestines of 16 of 123 (13%) side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana Baird et Girard from California, USA.
		Significant differences within lizard families were also observed (Iguanidae, Agamidae, Gekkonidae, and Lacertidae have shorter incubation times than the Varanidae and Teiidae).
	www.herplit.com /herplit/download/1996.txt (5905 words)

	DTNA Virtual Field Trip - The Animal Loop Trail
		The small side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana is a common lizard of the arid west.
		Side-blotched lizards at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area are a pretty light-phase color morph.
		The desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum, is often encountered on trails especially in the early morning and afternoon.
	www.tortoise-tracks.org /dtna/animalloop.html (1019 words)

	Side-blotched Lizard - DesertUSA
		Side-blotched Lizards prey on a variety of creatures: ants, ant lion larvae, flies, mosquitoes, damselflies, dragonflies, beetles, bees, aphids, caterpillars, ticks, scorpions and spiders.
		This lizard is generally brownish, but it may be darker or lighter, and has a dark blotch located on each side of the chest just behind the front leg; hence, the common name.
		This lizard is one of the first to appear in the spring and last to hibernate in the late fall.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/nov/papr/lizar.html (1019 words)

	Resources on the Tree Lizard from academic institutions
		Desert Ecology of Tucson AZ for BIO 109:...spp) Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi) Regal Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma solare) Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus...
		Eastern Fence Lizard: When pursued, fence the lizard will stay on the opposite side of the tree from the predator, in the same fashion as a squirrel.
		ASU-Ask A Biologist: Tree Lizards, Tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus) are among the most common lizards in the southwestern United States.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Tree_Lizard.htm (1019 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park Animal Page
		Confining itself to rocky areas of the park, the side-blotched lizard is seldom seen.
		As you observed, collared lizards are found in rocky areas and feed on insects and smaller lizards, the ranger explained.
		The collared lizard is the largest and most frequently seen lizard in the park because it is found in every habitat.
	www.petrified.forest.national-park.com /fauna.htm (1019 words)

	Sceloporus magister transversus - Barred Spiny Lizard
		Zebra-tailed, Earless, Fringe-toed, Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched, and Horned Lizards
		Smith, Hobart M. Handbook of Lizards, Lizards of the United States and of Canada.
	www.californiaherps.com /lizards/pages/s.m.transversus.html (150 words)

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