Crotaphytidae
The Crotaphytidae, or collared lizards, are a family of desert-dwelling reptiles native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily, Crotaphytinae. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivorous, feeding mainly on insects and smaller lizards.
The two genera contain 12 species.Technical characters
Genus Gambelia
- Cope's leopard lizard – Gambelia copeii
- blunt-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia sila
- long-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia wislizenii
Genus Crotaphytus
- venerable collared lizard – Crotaphytus antiquus
- desert collared lizard – Crotaphytus bicinctores
- common collared lizard – Crotaphytus collaris
- Dickerson's collared lizard – Crotaphytus dickersonae
- Grismer's collared lizard – Crotaphytus grismeri
- Eastern collared lizard – Crotaphytus insularis
- Sonoran collared lizard – Crotaphytus nebrius
- reticulated collared lizard – Crotaphytus reticulatus
- Baja collared lizard – Crotaphytus vestigium
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in different genus.
