Prarie/Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Description: Grows to about 7¼" in length. Mottled brown to grayish in color; often with two lighter stripes down back (markings vary regionally). Medium-sized keeled scales on back.

Elevation Range:
Up to 9200'.

Diet: Bugs, insects and spiders.

Subspecies in Colorado:
Sceloporus undulatus garmani on northeastern and far eastern plains;
Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus through central mountains;
Sceloporus undulatus elongatus in western Colorado;
Sceloporus undulatus tristichus in and around Archuleta County in southwestern Colorado.