Side-blotched lizard
Uta stansburiana
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Small, speckled lizard with blue patches on sides; striped tail. Bay Area dry habitat lizard; insectivore controlling grasshoppers; tolerates garden margins.
Plants that support Side-blotched lizard
2 plants
Chapparal Monkeyflower
Diplacus linearis
perennial herb
refuge under dense chaparral vegetation
Bay Area native
Coffee Fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
fern
Inhabits rocky areas where coffee fern grows; uses dense fronds for cover and predator avoidance
Bay Area native