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Plain and Desert, April 2000 | ||
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Lizards Galore | ||
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| What would a desert trip be without a lot of lizards? Not half as good, I say. This is a desert iguana, a very fine type of lizard that really loves the heat. It didn't love us nearly so well, though, and it did not come out to pose. | ||
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| Side-blotched lizards are always plentiful in the Mojave desert. This tyke completes the animals-emerging-from-holes trio (with the badger and the rattlesnake from page 2). | ||
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| Spring is breeding season for side-blotched lizards, and the males like this one were really showing off their extra-bright seasonal colors. | ||
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| What was I saying about spring being breeding season? | ||
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Finally, here's a long-tailed brush lizard that's
decided metal cables are just as good as any brush. I don't think it realizes how much its
camouflage suffers here.
That's all for this time. See you in the desert! | ||
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John Sullivan May 8, 2000 | ||
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