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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852

    Pacific blue-bellied lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      Bejori de Cerca Occidental Spanish
      Blåmagad taggleguan Swedish
      Coast Range Fence Lizard
      Great Basin Fence Lizard
      Lagartija Espinosa de Cerca del Occidental Spanish
      Lagartija espinosa del Noroeste Spanish
      Lagartija-escamosa del occidente Spanish
      Lagarto-de-cerca-ocidental Portuguese
      Lézard des palissades French
      Northwestern Fence Lizard

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      126 results
      Ervin, Edward L. and Clark R. Mahrdt. (2014). Sceloporus occidentalis (western fence lizard) and Sceloporus orcutti (granite spiny lizard) feeding behavior and diet. Herpetological Review 45 (3): 506.
      Smith, H. M. (1939). The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
      Goldberg, S. R. (1974). Reproduction in Mountain and Lowland Populations of the Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis. Copeia 1974 (1): 176-182.
      Coleman, P.R. & R.L. Livezey. (1968). Infrared Reflection of the Integument of Live Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis Baird and Girard from Three Habitats. Journal of Herpetology 1 (1/4): 71-75.
      Putman BJ, Drury JP, Blumstein DT, & Pauly GB. (2017). Fear no colors? Observer clothing color influences lizard escape behavior. PLoS One 12 (8): E0182146.
      Anonymous. (2003). OPINION 2024 (Case 3140) - Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852 (Reptilia, Sauria): rediscovered syntypes replaced by a neotype. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 60 (1):
      Schall, J.J., H.R. Prendeville & K.A. Hanley. (2000). Prevalence of the Tick, Ixodes pacificus on Western Fence Lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis: Trends by Gender, Size, Season, Site, and Mite Infestation. Journal of Herpetology 34 (1): 160-163.
      Jameson, E.W., Jr., A.A. Heusner & D. Lem. (1980). Seasonal, Sexual and Altitudinal Variations in Stomach Content and Ingested Fat in Sceloporus occidentalis. Journal of Herpetology 14 (3): 255-261.
      Baird, S. F. (1859). Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 10: 253-256 [1858].
      Hansen, Robert and Jackson D. Shedd. (2025). California Amphibians and Reptiles. Princeton University Press, 528 Pp., ISBN9780691249087 (Ebook).

      Citation

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