Lizards of the Colorado Plateau
Some people believe that lizards are slimy while others think that they are meant to be caught.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  Lizards have very dry scales, often in beautiful patterns.  Many kids try to catch lizards, sometimes breaking off their tails.  This is a protective adaptation to escape predators.  By breaking off a lizard's tail, a person may have made that lizard lunch for another animal.  Being chased and trapped by humans is also a very traumatic experience. They are NOT tame and are protected in all national park areas.  Please don't harass the animals.  Also, many states prohibit the capture of any reptile.
Rather than playthings, lizards are dignified beings.
short-horned lizard
Phrynosoma douglassi
collared lizard
Crotaphytus collaris
side-blotched lizard
Uta stansburiana
sagebrush lizard
Sceloporus graciosus
eastern fence/prairie/plateau lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
short-horned lizard
Phrynosoma douglassi
lesser earless lizard
Holbrookia maculata
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plateau striped whiptail
Cnemidophorus velox
Other whiptails include:
little striped whiptail 
Cnemidophorus inornatus
New Mexico whiptail 
Cnemidophorus neomexicanus
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