Blue belly

Weight

7 g – 10.4 gsrc for Weight

Length

6.76 cm – 7.29 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

44 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

3 – 17src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

18 months – 22 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1 – 3src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Resting metabolic rate

7.16 mW – 9.59 mWsrc for Resting metabolic rate

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyPhrynosomatidae
6. genusSceloporus
7. SpeciesSceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852

Synonyms Sceloporus biseriatus nigro-ventris, Sceloporus longipes, Sceloporus smaragdinus

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@misc{blue_belly_2026,
  title = {Blue belly (Sceloporus occidentalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-belly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}