Crotaphytidae
Crotaphytus collaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Crotaphytidae
Genera
Crotaphytus Gambelia

The family Crotaphytidae, or collared lizards, are desert-dwelling reptiles native to the southwest USA and northern Mexico. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivorous, feeding mainly on smaller lizards.

There are 12 species in two genera.

[edit] Technical characters

• Femoral pores present.
• Interparietal scale small (distinctly smaller than ear opening).
• Never have an enlarged midorsal scale row or fringe.
• Never have a divided rostral scale.
• No bony spines or projecting ridges on their heads.
• No scales projecting over their ears, and no scales forming a prominent fringe on sides of toes as in Phrynosomatidae.

[edit] Species

Family: Crotaphytidae

• Genus Gambelia (Leopard lizards)
  • Cope's Leopard Lizard - Gambelia copeii
  • Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard - Gambelia sila
  • Long-nosed Leopard Lizard - Gambelia wislizenii
• Genus Crotaphytus (Collared lizards)
  • Venerable Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus antiquus
  • Desert Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus bicinctores
  • Common Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus collaris
  • Grimser's Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus grismeri
  • Sonoran Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus nebrius
  • Reticulated Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus reticulatus
  • Baja Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus vestigium

[edit] External links

• Crotaphytidae

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