ID help,no idea what kind of reptile is this..
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baja blue rock lizard
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I dunno...competely different scales. http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1/Herps/Lizards/005.jpg
Looks like some sort of swift, spiny, or fence lizard.
Looks like some sort of swift, spiny, or fence lizard.
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the pic you have there is an adultWhyTeDraGon said:
the one in the pic is a young one so hasn't developed the mark in that pic
swifts only possess the blue on their belly(ive bred them)
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mrbean said:
any idea? it might be native from mexico but i'm not sure
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baja blue no doubt.
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I would have said its a Collard Lizard.... But...then again what do I know.
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Once I figured out I could click on those pictures to enlarge them 
I saw the spiney scales
I can barely tell my kids apart let alone lizards.
I saw the spiney scales I can barely tell my kids apart let alone lizards.
Those are most definately not Petrosaurus ssp. (Baja blue rock lizards). I'm going to have to go with a sceloporus of some sort. I know I've seen something like them before but I can't place it. Maybe a blue spiny lizard or crevice spiny... I'm not sure. I'll try to do some research tonight and get back to you. Where at in Mexico do you think they're from? That might narrow things down a bit. However, a paper I read awhile back mentioned something about 69 sceloporine lizards in Mexico (I'm assuming thats including species and sub species). Also, I know that many sceloporus are sexually dimorphic and that their colors change to determine the breeding status of the individual (receptive, non-receptive, and gravid). SO, I may have my work cut out for me. Like I said, I'll look at the pictures in more detail when I have time tonight.
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Yep, maybe a Sceloporus sp. :?
Okay, I'm thinking sceloporus cyanogenys, s. poinsetti, s. jorrovi, or s. orcutti. I'm really leaning toward S. cyanogenys (it has the obvious common name of BLUE spiny lizard) though I havn't been able to find any pictures of any that are that brilliantly colored. They do have ever have that distinct collar and the females/young pictures I could find have that same striped rusty coloration. As I mentioned, when you go to look up pictures on your own, keep in mind that these guys (many reptiles in general) are not going to be a mirror image of every other individual in the species. These guys' coloration can even change (not to the extent of true chameleons) depending on mood, wheather, breeding season, and time of day. Either way, check out these species, and see if you think they match.
Good luck,
Trevor
Good luck,
Trevor
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looks like
looks like a Sceloporus minor (formerly jarrovi). We have some in the collection at San Antonio zoo from Atles Cumbres and Sierra Potosi.
looks like a Sceloporus minor (formerly jarrovi). We have some in the collection at San Antonio zoo from Atles Cumbres and Sierra Potosi.
i think i finally found what it is while searching the species you guys mentioned.. it looks alot like this
http://www.mexico-herps.com/sauria/sceloporus/sceloporus-immucronatus
thanks alot for the help
http://www.mexico-herps.com/sauria/sceloporus/sceloporus-immucronatus
thanks alot for the help