REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: IGUANIDAE: Petrosaurus

Petrosaurus mearnsi Author and date

Banded rock lizard

Photo & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

Range: Southern California and adjacent Baja.

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Taxonomy & Relationships: There is only one other species in this genus, the blue rock lizard, Petrosaurus thalassinus.

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Literature:  

Smith, Hobart. 1946. Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada. Comstock Publishing. ISBN: 0-8014-8236-4.

Stebbins, Robert. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd edition. Houghton Mifflin Co.