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Tree and Bush Lizards
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Tree and Bush Lizards

Urosaurus

Urosaurus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as tree lizards or brush lizards, belonging to the New World iguanid subfamily Phrynosomatinae. Species in the genus Urosaurus can be distinguished from members of the genus Sceloporus by the presence of a gular (under neck) fold and granular lateral scales. They can be distinguished from members of the genus Uta by the presence of enlarged (sometimes only slightly) dorsal scales.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Ornate Tree Lizard

speciesUrosaurus ornatus

Black-tailed Brush Lizard

speciesUrosaurus nigricauda

Tropical tree lizard

speciesUrosaurus bicarinatus

Long-tailed Brush Lizard

speciesUrosaurus graciosus

Socorro Island Tree Lizard

speciesUrosaurus auriculatus

Clarión Tree Lizard

speciesUrosaurus clarionensis

Cataviña Brush Lizard

speciesUrosaurus lahtelai

Gadow's Tree Lizard

speciesUrosaurus gadovi

Small-scaled Lizard

speciesUrosaurus microscutatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 36106.