Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris


Family Crotaphytidae

Description:
3½" to 4½" snout-vent length; to 14" overall. Color greenish to tan, often with lighter greenish to yellow bars across back. Two prominent collar-like black bands separated by lighter band behind neck. Dorsal surface often peppered with small whitish spots. Large head, with prominent constriction at neck.
Elevation Range:
Up to 7000' in southeastern Colorado; to 8000' in western Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Crotaphytus collaris collaris in southeastern Colorado; Crotaphytus collaris auriceps in western Colorado.

C. c. auriceps males have a bright yellow head; C. c. collaris males have head nearly the same as body color.
  Collared Lizard
Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
         
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Adams  DoloresH La PlataH Pitkin 
Alamosa  Douglas  Lake  ProwersH
Arapahoe  Eagle  Larimer  PuebloH
ArchuletaH El Paso  Las AnimasH Rio Blanco * 
BacaH Elbert  Lincoln  Rio Grande 
BentH FremontH Logan  Routt 
Boulder  GarfieldH MesaH Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
Cheyenne *  Grand  Moffat *  San MiguelH
Clear Creek  Gunnison *  MontezumaH Sedgwick 
Conejos  Hinsdale  MontroseH Summit 
Costilla  HuerfanoH Morgan  Teller 
Crowley *  Jackson  OteroH Washington 
Custer *  Jefferson  Ouray  Weld 
DeltaH Kiowa *  Park  Yuma 
Denver  Kit Carson  Phillips 
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