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title: "Desert Collared Lizard"
description: "Crotaphytus bicinctores — Gady. The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores), also known commonly as the desert collared lizard or the Mojave black-collared lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Crotaphytidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/desert-collared-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Desert Collared Lizard

> Crotaphytus bicinctores — Gady. The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores), also known commonly as the desert collared lizard or the Mojave black-collared lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Crotaphytidae.

- Scientific name: *Crotaphytus bicinctores*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 3711
- Wikidata: [Q640011](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640011)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62796](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62796)

## Names

- en: Desert Collared Lizard
- de: Wüsten-Halsbandleguan
- es: Lagarto de collar de la gran cuenca
- nl: Great Basin collared lizard

## Countries with the most observations

US (3546)

## Summary

The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores), also known commonly as the desert collared lizard or the Mojave black-collared lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Crotaphytidae. The species is endemic to the Western United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Basin_collared_lizard

## Photo

![Desert Collared Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-collared-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Zupan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84653938

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-collared-lizard?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).