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Side-Blotched Lizard Description: This small lizard is gray to brown on its body with dark blotches and speckling above. The male has tiny blue spots on the back and orange patches on the throat, front legs and sides of its belly. The female also has the orange patches but they are not as vivid. Behind the forelimb is a bluish or black blotch for which the lizard is named. Diet: Insects, spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks Reproduction: Female lays 1 -2 clutches of 3 - 4 eggs in March - August. Interesting and Unique: It can be active when air temperature is below freezing, if warm rocks in the sunshine can be found. Smallest and one of the most abundant lizards of SW Idaho. Predators include night snakes, striped whipsnakes and raptors. |
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