Stake out for the colorful...

collared lizard at a neighbor’s property yielded this diminutive sagebrush lizard instead, lazily basking in the late afternoon sun.

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Northern sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus graciosus).

Northern sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus graciosus).