Side-blotched lizard
Uta stansburiana Baird & Girard, 1852
Status not recordedlizards
The side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) is a species in the family Phrynosomatidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3 g to 4.2 g and reach 4.69 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the side-blotched lizard
- Weight
- 3 g – 4.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.69 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 4.8 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 46 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 9 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1 – 8src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the side-blotched lizard?
What eats the side-blotched lizard?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the side-blotched lizard
8 on record
- Sidewinder Crotalus cerastes4 sources
- Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus14 sources
- American kestrel Falco sparverius10 sources
- Glossy snake Arizona elegans4 sources
- Hypsiglena chlorophaea2 sources
- Tortuga island rattlesnake Crotalus atrox2 sources
- California kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae2 sources
- Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer2 sources
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- Feeding Ecology of Sidewinder Rattlesnakes, Crotalus cerastes (Viperidae). 2016. Herpetologica 72(4): 324-330
- Eichenwald, A. J., Fefferman, N. H., & Reed, J. M. (2024). Potential extinction cascades in a desert ecosystem: Linking food web interactions to community viability. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e10930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10930. Accessed at <https://github.com/aeiche01/MojaveFoodWeb/archive/
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27139016
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68308477
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116328628
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320962646
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364322972
- The glossy snake, Arizona, with descriptions of new subspecies. 1946. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10: 311-398
- Food Habits of the Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans, with Comparisons to the Diet of Sympatric Long-Nosed Snakes, Rhinocheilus lecontei. 1999. Journal of Herpetology 33(1): 87-92
- Diet and Reproductive Ecology of the Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea) in Central Washington State. 2010. Journal of Herpetology 44(1): 148-152
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24194024
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150588194
Where does the side-blotched lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the side-blotched lizard endangered?
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.
How is the side-blotched lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyPhrynosomatidae
- genusUta
- SpeciesUta stansburiana Baird & Girard, 1852
Synonyms Uta antiquus, Uta concinna, Uta concinnea, Uta elegans, Uta mannophorus, Uta parva, Uta stansburiana hesperis, Uta stansburiana klauberi, Uta stansburiana stellata, Uta stellata, Uta taylori
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- Common side-blotched lizardEnglish
- leguánek pestrýCzech
- Almindelig SidepletleguanDanish
- Gemeiner SeitenfleckleguanGerman
- Mancha lateral ComúnSpanish
- Lagartija manchada norteñaSpanish
- Lagartija norteña de mancha lateralSpanish
- Lagartija-costado manchado comúnSpanish
- Lézard à flancs maculésFrench
- ワキモンユタトカゲJapanese
- Gevlekte leguaanDutch
- Lagarto-de-mancha-lateralPortuguese
- Пятнистобокая игуанаRussian
- tozíplaSeri
- Desert Side-blotched Lizardroot
- Colorado Side-blotched Lizardroot
- Dickerson's Side-blotched Lizardroot
- Eastern Side-blotched Lizardroot
- Nevada Side-blotched Lizardroot
- Northern Side-blotched Lizardroot
- Western or California Side-blotched Lizardroot
Relatives of the side-blotched lizard
Other species in the same genus Uta.
Coloradito side-blotched lizard
Uta tumidarostra
San Lorenzo island lizard
Uta encantadae
Dead side-blotched lizard
Uta lowei
Isla San Pedro Nolasco lizard
Uta nolascensis
San Pedro side-blotched lizard
Uta palmeri
Santa Catalina side-blotched lizard
Uta squamata
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the side-blotched lizard?
An adult side-blotched lizard weighs 3 g – 4.2 g and measures 4.69 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the side-blotched lizard?
The side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) belongs to the family Phrynosomatidae in the order Squamata.
What eats the side-blotched lizard?
Animals recorded preying on the side-blotched lizard include sidewinder, loggerhead shrike, american kestrel and glossy snake. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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