Are you familiar with the blue belly lizard? Do you want to know more about it? This article will give you some information about what blue belly lizard is all about.

One of the most interesting members of the family of reptiles is the blue belling lizard. These species are usually bright in color and can walk very rapidly. The lizard's back are usually black in color which will make them very difficult to see. For people who don't know, these species belong to the group of sceloporus genus which has five more species. They are being considered as the lizard which are spiny and are being called swift lizard or western fence. They measure six inches long.

This lizard's back have black, dark gray and greenish brown color. The lizards that are male are the one who gave them the name; they have patches that are bright blue in color on their tummies and beneath their legs. Though there are some lizards where there are spots of blue in their entire body. The female lizards usually exhibit the color of the male lizards, but these colors are not that noticeable and not that bright. You will notice the lizard's belly which is blue in color when they are trying to show a control in territorial. In this way the snakes and the birds which are the predators will make it vulnerable for the lizard. What is nice about these lizards is that, in times of danger they usually change their colors and will blend with the environment and in a very rapid way.

Usually you will often see blue belly lizard in California where it is indigenous, as well as to some parts on Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and some other islands near California. You will not see them in deserts because they are most common in elevations that are higher. They are often seen as well in some post fence relaxing and in shrubs and tree trunks.

Just like any other reptiles, these lizards also have some disease that they carry such as the Lyme disease. This is proven by the researched in the University of California in the year ninety ninety eight. Usually the ticks are the ones who carry these Lyme diseases, and when they die the lizards will eat them which will then the bacteria will be transferred to them.

These are some of the information about blue belly lizard. You don't have to be scared when you see one of these lizards, because they are harmless, just make sure not to touch them because you might get the disease.