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Northern side-blotched lizard
Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault
Cuatro Ciénegas- Genesis 4C Museum and Laboratory
Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico
Northern side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) is a species distributed in arid areas in the West of the United States and northern Mexico, characterized by turquoise and yellowish colors on its dorsal scales. It is widely used to understand the reproductive behavior of reptiles because this animal displays genetically determined mating strategies.
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- Title: Northern side-blotched lizard
- Creator: Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault
- Location Created: Cuatro Ciénegas de Carranza, Coahuila.
- Type: Photograph
- Contributor: Héctor Fernando Arocha Garza, Patricia Maxwell
- Rights: Nicolás Sánchez-Mejorada Girault, Genesis 4C
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