Lizards of Colorado, Common Names, and Scientific Names

Collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris
Colorado checkered whiptail, Cnemidophorus tesselatus
Desert spiny lizard, Sceloporus magister
Diploid Colorado checkered whiptail, Cnemindophorus tesselatus
Eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus
Great Plains skink, Eumeces obsoletus
Lesser earless lizard, Holbrookia maculata
Longnose leopard lizard, Gambelia wislizenii
Many-lined skink, Eumeces miltivirgatus
Plateau lizard, Sceloporus undulatus
Plateau striped whiptail, Cnemidophorus velox
Prairie lizard, Sceloporus undulatus
Round-tail horned lizard, Phrynosoma modestum
Sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus
Short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma hernandesi
Side-bloched lizard, Uta stansburiana
Six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Sonoran skink, Eumeces obsoletus
Texas horned lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum
Tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus
Triploid Colorado checkered whiptail, Cnemidophorus neotesselatus
Variable skink,  Eumeces gaigeae
Western whiptail, Cnemidophorus tigris