The New International Encyclopædia/Uta

UTA (Neo-Lat., from the Territory of Utah). A genus of iguanid lizards, several species of which are numerous on the Southwestern plains of the United States, one of which (Uta Stansburiana) is one of the most beautiful and graceful of American lizards. It is blackish brown above, marbled with lighter dots, and banded with yellow below. Its long, slender tail has a crest of large vertically set scales. This genus combines structural characteristics of Sceloporus and Holbrookia.