I am a Western Fence Lizard. My scientific name is Sceloporus Occidentalis. I eat and get my energy from beetles, flies, caterpillars, ants, and spiders. My predators are birds and some mammals, such as Shrews. Shrews are mouse like creatures.
- Other Facts:
- spiny scales on posterior of thighs
- Blue patches on throat and stomach
- color more vivid on males
- female lays eggs, April-July, 3-17 eggs
- takes two months for eggs to hatch
- There blood kills Lyme disease
Credits:
Created with images by skeeze - "western fence lizard reptile rock" • PsJeremy - "Could this be Paul, Ringo, George or John? or just a beetle" • Fyn Kynd Photography - "caterpiller" • Jarosław Pocztarski - "Pająk - Spider" • davidshort - "Ant (NH266)" • steve p2008 - "fly" • Kapa65 - "elephant shrews tree shrews african mouse" • Phil Fiddyment - "Birds" • skeeze - "raven blackbird corvus" • jkirkhart35 - "Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)" • Just chaos - "Western Fence Lizard" • benet2006 - "Lizard, near Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park"