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Side-blotched lizard

Uta stansburiana

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

moderate

perennial herb

refuge under dense chaparral vegetation

Bay Area native

Coffee Fern

Pellaea andromedifolia

high

fern

Inhabits rocky areas where coffee fern grows; uses dense fronds for cover and predator avoidance

Bay Area native