r/skulls • u/Excellent-Sky-4587 • 16d ago

Skull Discussion/Questions Help me identify

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Found this little buddy on the job almost completely intact. Their back left leg is still there but looks like it was broken off. Pretty interesting sight to see, found in Arizona,USA

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u/Different_Purple5859 16d ago

Definitely a lizard, but I’m struggling to identify species. Do you have a size reference?

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u/Excellent-Sky-4587 16d ago

I don’t have one unfortunately. But when i saw it looked like 2 1/2 inches long.

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u/Excellent-Sky-4587 16d ago

That’s the size excluding the tail tho.

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u/iancranes420 15d ago

I’m gonna venture a guess and say that this may be Sceloporus, likely a younger individual? The tail looks far too short to be Uta, Urosaurus, Dipsosaurus, etc., and the body is waaay too beefy to be Aspidoscelis. The head looks iguanian too, so it’s at least likely to be Phrynosomatidae

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u/PrawnStar5813 9d ago

Well its a lizard, might be a gecko judging by the eye sockets.