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	Western Fence Lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Mature male Western Fence Lizards have bright blue, sometimes greenish, bellies, and the undersides of their legs are often yellow.
		The Western Fence Lizard is distributed throughout eastern Oregon, southwest Idaho, all of Nevada, western Utah, Southern California, and northwestern Baja California.
		Kingsnakes and Striped Racers are particularly fond of fence lizards.
	kaweahoaks.com /html/lizard_western_fence.htm (349 words)

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		This behavior I have learned is the male fence lizard's territorial display, perhaps performed in my honor, just in case I might not know who was claiming that tree and the likely female fence lizard nearby.
		The Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, is one of the more common if less celebrated animals to share our local environment, and we are lucky for this.
		As a host to parasites, the fence lizard may play one of the more significant roles in the local web of life, at least as far as humans are concerned.
	www.vom.com /sec/RD_Articles/fence.htm (638 words)

	Reptiles of Torrey Pines State Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		Western Fence Lizard: The adult overall length is 6 to 8 inches.
		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.
	www.torreypine.org /animals/reptiles.html (1627 words)

	Sceloporus occidentalis
		Sagebrush Lizards are smaller (adults less than 60 cm snout-vent length), less robust, have orange- or rust-colored axilla (arm-pits), lack yellow coloration on the posterior surface of the thighs and the spiny dorsal scales are smaller than in Western Fence Lizards.
		Western Fence Lizards are common in Washington and conservation concerns are limited to protection of the relatively small number of populations associated with upper beach driftwood accumulations in the Puget Trough Ecoregion.
		The Western Fence Lizard is one of five egg-laying reptile species that was historically presumably associated with oak prairie habitat on a wider scale; study of the habitat required for its terrestrial nest would provide significant insight into its management needs.
	www.dnr.wa.gov /nhp/refdesk/herp/html/4scoc.html (933 words)

	Western Fence Lizard Natural History
		The Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) is a quite common iguanid lizard occupying a variety of habitats in the western United States.
		Western Fence Lizards, at least in Oregon, are gray to fl in color and have blue-green patches on the abdomen, back and tail in the males.
		Fence Lizards in California tend to be arboreal and prefer "wooded or rocky areas, old buildings, wood piles and fences" (Marcellini and Mackey 1970).
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~titus/herp_old/occidentalishistory.htm (1493 words)

	Western fence lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although California is the heart of the range of this lizard, it is also found in eastern Oregon, southwest Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, western Utah, and northwestern Baja California, and some of the islands off the coast of both California and Baja California.
		It is thought that the presence of western fence lizards diminishes the danger of transmission of Lyme disease by ticks.
		The incidence of Lyme disease is lower in areas where the lizards occur, and it has been found that when ticks carrying Lyme disease feed on these lizards (which they commonly do, especially around their ears), the bacteria that cause the disease are killed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_fence_lizard (362 words)

	Western Fence Lizard Pictures
		Western fence lizards live in northeast Washington to the south-central region and south through Oregon and California.
		Fence lizards have blue patches under the throat and belly.
		These lizards have been found to kill Lyme disease bacteria that infect ticks, which commonly feed around the ears of these lizards.
	www.bentler.us /eastern-washington/animals/lizards/western-fence-lizard.aspx (114 words)

	Lizards & Snakes: Alive! \| American Museum of Natural History
		The Fence Lizard's scales are always keeled, or ridged; ridges may provide stiffness and strength.
		When the ticks that transmit the disease feed on fence lizards, a protein in the lizard's blood kills the Lyme bacteria.
		A Fence Lizard or a relative—Phrynosomatidae, including about 130 species in all—can be found in nearly every habitat in North and Central America: from cliff faces to cloud forest to sand dunes.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/lizards/sight/chuckwallas.php (339 words)

	04.29.98 - Lizard May Act As Lyme Disease Panacea
		The western fence lizard is an even more important host of immature nymphal ticks that transmit Lyme disease in Northern California than most rodents, said Lane.
		In California, the western fl-legged tick is the primary carrier of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium causing Lyme disease.
		The lizard protein cleans the tick gut in the nymphal stage of tick development – an immature stage at which the tick is usually smaller than 1/20th of an inch in length.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/berkeleyan/1998/0429/lizard.html (764 words)

	ENHS Nature Trails May 2000 Article 3
		Western fence lizards are encountered in open areas with plenty of sun and rocks, logs or debris piles for basking.
		The two lizards can be distinguished from one another by eye color (yellow in the southern alligator lizard vs. brown in the northern alligator lizard) and a series of dark lines that run between the belly scales of the northern alligator lizard vs. through the belly scales of the southern alligator lizard.
		Tail autotomy is not fatal to the lizard.
	biology.uoregon.edu /enhs/archive/may00/may003.html (814 words)

	Small scaly lizards
		This discussion of California's small scaly lizards begins with the common "blue-bellies" in the genus Sceloporus, and particularly the widespread Western Fence Lizard S.
		Western Fence Lizards occur in a wide variety of habitats from chaparral and riparian habitats along the coast to Great Basin washes to Sierran rocky slopes.
		The dark-backed lizard above left (on the rock with orange patches) is from extreme southeast Mono County and would be among the Great Basin populations under the old terminology.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/CAscalylizards.html (1151 words)

	Spiny Lizards: Jeweled Swifts, Fence Lizards, Crevice Lizards, Blue-bellies
		The following, written for the Western Swift, is applicable to most of the swifts in this genus; variations may be required depending on where the particular swift is from from (microclimate availability, seasonal temperatures and day/night fluctuation, etc.).
		Western Swift, aka Blue-belly, is one of the most common of the western lizards.
		Found on fence posts, rocks, logs, piles of lumber, and sides of buildings, they inhabit a wide variety of habitats: grassland, chaparral, sagebrush, woodlands, open coniferous forest and farmlands.
	www.anapsid.org /swifts.html (498 words)

	'Nisarg' - The Fall of the Western Fence Lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		California: The western fence lizard is often known for its clumsiness, constantly falling off the oak trees it inhabits.
		When the ground was not covered by flower pots, it was found that about five thousand lizard falls occur every year on an acre consisting of oak trees, roughtly amounting to 10 falls per lizard on an average annually.
		In spring, the lizards that fall out of trees are usually males who are engaged with turf battles with other males.
	members.tripod.com /~cywen_nisarg/wildlife/wildlife2.html (225 words)

	Western Fence Lizard
		The Western Fence Lizard being a reptile is cold blooded and regulates its body temperature by moving in and out of the sun depending on whether they are too cold or too hot.
		This is to distract the predator from the lizard.
		The Western Fence Lizard is eaten by snakes and birds.
	www.laspilitas.com /reptiles_and_Amphibians/Lizards/Western_Fence_Lizard/Western_Fence_Lizards.htm (399 words)

	How to care for Western Fence Lizards (sceloporus Occidentalis)
		Even in the window and through the glass of the vivarium the UV light is blocked denying the lizards of the important Nutrient Vitamin D. Depending on how high your decor in the tank is you may want a tight fitting cover with plenty of vents for air such as a screen.
		To keep your lizard warm you should put a heating pad under the vivarium on ONE side so that the lizard can go to the warm or cool side of the vivarium as he chooses.
		The lizard must also have a Full Spectrum UV light to simulate the sun because a window seat is inadequate, Your plants and lizards will thank you for it.
	expage.com /page/draconisherpsgex (484 words)

	Western Fence Lizard
		Western Fence Lizards occasionally climb trees, but they are more commonly found on or near the ground.
		Western Fence Lizards are one of the most common lizards in the west and live in a variety of habitats located between sea level and 9000 feet.
		The lizard eats insects and spiders and may in turn be eaten by snakes and birds.
	www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Fauna8.htm (159 words)

	SDNHM - Western Fence Lizard
		The Western Fence Lizard measures 3 1/2 inches (snout-vent length), and is about six inches in total length.
		Male Western Fence Lizards have bright blue, sometimes greenish, bellies, and the undersides of their legs are yellow.
		In areas with Western Fence Lizards, about 5 percent of ticks carry the disease, while in other areas 50 percent of ticks harbor the disease.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/herps/scel-occ.html (474 words)

	Western fence lizard - Western Fence Lizard
		Absence of measurable malaria-induced mortality in western fence lizards (Sceloporus Prevalence of the tick, Ixodes pacificus, on western fence lizards,
		Western Fence Lizards have not been reported from these areas or any other The Western Fence Lizard is one of five egg-laying reptile species that was
		Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis This is the common "blue-bellied" lizard of the western states.
	portalexplore.com /?q=western-fence-lizard (356 words)

	Learn More About Western Wildlife Animals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The western ribbon snake is slightly longer and thinner (20 to 30 inches) then its northern counterpart.
		On the western species the median stripe is bright orange or yellow with greenish white side stripes.
		These lizards are extremely common on the weird and wonderful rock formations in the Chiricahua mountains.
	www.westerntoday.com /wildlife/animals.php (2609 words)

	Forum Message: 'A: a western fence lizard' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		You caught your lizard and it should be free with the other lizards.
		When you see other western fence lizards running wild outside please let it go free with them.
		Also the crickets and moths that you have been feeding it might have been laced with insecticide, which also could be causing you lizard harm.
	www.practical-pet-care.com /lizard_question.php?ID=2.2003031622515291 (410 words)

	BTCEB - MTB Naturalist - Lyme disease and Lizards: A story of ticks, woodrats, and fence lizards.
		It's a story of ticks, woodrats, and fence lizards that testifies to the complexity of Lyme disease transmission and the resilience of organisms in the face of the disease.
		Because the fence lizard is a more common tick host than the woodrat in our area, most of the adult ticks humans encounter have previously fed on fence lizards as nymphs.
		So we have the humble fence lizard to thank, both for evolving a potent defense to the Lyme disease spirochete, and for not only treating itself with this substance, but incidentally cleansing ticks of the bacterium as well.
	www.btceb.org /lyme.htm (827 words)

	Helping herp hobbyists! - Sections - Caresheets - Western Fence Lizard (Sceleporus occidentalis)
		Fence lizards are an awesome reptile to keep for a naturalistic, display enclosure.
		In the wild, fence lizards get most of their water from the insects they eat, and from droplets so in captivity you need to mist the cage decorations a few times a day to create droplets for them to drink.
		Fence lizards are a hardy and rewarding lizard to keep in captivity when given the proper care.
	www.ball-pythons.net /modules.php?s=2527a97fdc639927b23ab177ac7b4b6e&name=Sections&op=viewarticle&id=58 (945 words)

	Lizlyme.html
		Researchers suspect that a yet- to-be-identified protein in the lizard's blood destroys the microbes that would otherwise flourish in the tick's belly and can be later transmitted to human victims.
		UC Berkeley entomologist Robert Lane has discovered that a substance found in the blood of the common western fence lizard kills Lyme disease bacteria in the gut of juvenile ticks that feed on it.
		The western fence lizard -- a commonly found species dubbed the blue belly lizard in California -- can carry an average of 30 juvenile fl legged ticks, which are about the size of a poppy seed.
	www.msmosquito.com /SF41798.html (950 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		Female western fence lizards may lay several clutches of three to seventeen eggs during spring and early summer; eggs hatch in about two months.
		The diet of this lizard consists primarily of insects, such as flies and ants, and spiders.
		Western fence lizards are commonly called "blue-bellies" because of the blue markings on the bellies and throats of most males and some females.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=scelocci (141 words)

	California Academy of Sciences - Science Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		One of the most common lizards in California, the western fence lizard, helps to battle Lyme disease.
		But a tick that sucks the blood of a fence lizard is cleansed of Borrelia, and its bite reduced to nothing more than a nuisance.
		Western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis), commonly known as "blue-bellies," occur in a wide variety of habitats throughout California except for extreme desert environments.
	www.calacademy.org /science_now/archive/wild_lives/fence_lizards_050601.html (210 words)

	Western Fence Lizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fence Lizards will fight if their home ground is invaded.
		If a small snake gets too close, the lizard will bite the snake and hold on until the snake leaves it alone.
		If a Fence Lizard is caught by the tail, it will drop its tail and grow a new one later.
	www.earth-cards.com /lizardwefe.htm (85 words)

	wildherps.com - Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
		Since these lizards are the only prominent and abundant lizard species on the central California coast where I live, I usually pass right by them in search of less common targets for my camera.
		The weather was lizard-warm but hazy, for good photographic light; the lizards were fat and lazy, in no hurry to dash away; and the lizards were living up to their common name by posing on nearly every available fence.
		Southern California in the summer is a hotbed of fence lizard activity.
	www.wildherps.com /species/S.occidentalis.html (553 words)

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