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Collared Lizards
Crotaphytidae
The Crotaphytinae, or collared lizards, previously Crotaphytidae are a subfamily of desert-dwelling reptiles native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivorous, feeding mainly on insects and smaller lizards.
2 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 12 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33133.