There are generally two types of lizard patterns, those with horizontal orientation and those with vertical orientation. The original French "lizard" patterns were horizontal, but those developed by Portugal shortly thereafter were vertical yet in other respects influenced by the same design. We therefore categorize both vertical and horizontal designs as "lizard," as both styles have their tributary designs which have continued to be produced today. Tiger stripe pattern camouflage is derived from the "lizard" design, and is essentially the same type of camouflage, but of a more consistent strain.
