Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard  (Uma inornata)

Range

Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California, is the only place you will find this fringe-toed lizard (2). It once had a range that covered just less than 700 square kilometres, but this has been reduced to about 130 square kilometres (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The Cochella Valley fringe-toed lizard has rather unique habitat requirements, occurring only on sand dunes and sandy flats (2) (4), from sea level up to elevations of about 490 metres (1). It requires loose sand in which to burrow and some vegetation for shelter and food (4).

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