California rock lizards - Petrosaurus | |
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Baja blue rock lizard | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Lacertilia |
Infraorder: | Iguania[1] |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | Petrosaurus Boulenger, 1885[2] |
The California rock lizards are a genus (Petrosaurus) of New World lizards in the family Phrynosomatidae.[3]
They are endemic to southern California and Baja California, Mexico.[4]
The genus Petrosaurus contains three species.