Sagebrush Lizard

Sceloporus graciosus

The Sagebrush Lizard is a small, slender lizard of the intermountain West closely associated with sagebrush habitat. It is highly cold-tolerant for a lizard and active at cooler temperatures than most.

Habitat

Sagebrush steppe, shrublands, and open woodland in the Mountain West

Diet

Insects, spiders, and small invertebrates

How common

Common

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