Banded Rock Lizard

Petrosaurus mearnsi

The Banded Rock Lizard is a flattened, agile lizard perfectly adapted for life on vertical rock faces. Its dorso-ventrally flattened body lets it slip into tight crevices. Found in rocky desert canyons of Baja and adjacent California.

Habitat

Large granite boulders and rocky canyon walls in the Sonoran Desert

Diet

Insects and other arthropods

How common

Uncommon

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