Desert Spiny Lizard — Image by kenne
We have been experiencing some warmer spring weather here in the desert,
so more lizards are on the move
— kenne
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Desert Spiny On His Throne Leave a comment
Desert Spiny Lizard On His Throne — Image by kenne
Kiss me if you like
Better like a lot of tongue
I’m a great lover.
— kenne
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Cold Blooded and Warm Blooded Animals Are On The Move 2 comments
Desert Spiny Lizard in the Saguaro National Park (April 2, 2018) — Image by kenne
Most days here in the Sonoran Desert are averaging in the 80’s causing reptiles to be on the move and our “snowbird” friends to start packing for their journey north.
With morning lows around 50 degrees, this Desert Spiny (Sceloporus magister) was more interested in sunning than our nearby presence. This native of the Sonoran Desert is a large (up to about 142 mm or 5.6″ from snout to vent), stocky lizard with large, pointed, keeled, overlapping scales. The Desert Spiny can live up to six years, which explains the one that has been a patio friend for several years now, which I visit with each day.
— kenne
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Lizard Walk — Desert Spiny Leave a comment
Lizard Walk — Desert Spiny Image by kenne
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In Your Face, Dude 2 comments
In Your Face, Dude (Desert Spiny Lizard) — Computer Art by kenne
He is one buff dude
Sometimes to intimidate
Sometime to attract.
— kenne
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Desert Spiny Male Lizard Leave a comment
Desert Spiny Male Lizard — Image by kenne
The morning light and the cooler desert temperatures bring out the colors in this male desert spiny lizard.
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Desert Spiny Lizard — Image by kenne
It’s hard not to think of lizards when one thinks of the hot desert days of summer.
Most lizards like the heat, but not to much.
An article in the Smithsonian Magazine notes,
“Scientists worry that a warming climate may be especially dangerous for lizards,
which aren’t able to regulate their own temperatures.”
Scientists are making use mitochondrial DNA to map out a species’ genetic diversity
to learn how animals might best adapt to global warming, if at all.
Lizards “may need to become nocturnal if they want to survive.”
Still, I’m always amazed to see a Zebra-tailed lizard moving across a neighbor street (black-top)
in the bright sun knowing that the air temperature is already in the triple digits
— go figure!
kenne
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In My Mexican Festival Colors Leave a comment
“In My Mexican Festival Colors” — Desert Spiny Lizard by kenne
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The Chase Is On! Leave a comment
Male Desert Spiny Lizard Chasing A Female — Image by kenne
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“Disturbed” Desert Spiny Lizard — Image by kenne
I was doing yard work this Saturday morning and uncovered a desert spiny lizard that was still wintering, which gave me time to go get my camera.
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Two Desert Spiny Lizards 7 comments
Two Desert Spiny Lizards — Image by kenne
“Honey, are you new at this?”
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The Desert Spiny Lizard’s Cousin 3 comments
Mountain Spiny Lizard
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Mountain Spiny Lizard at Roger’s Rock In Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images for larger view in a slideshow format.)
For those of us who live near the Santa Catalina Mountains, Madera Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains is about an hour and twenty minutes drive. There are a lot of reasons to love the canyon, rated the third best birding destination in the United States. Yesterday, the Monday Morning Milers hiked one of the canyon’s many trails to Roger’s Rock where I have captured many vista photographs in the past and did the same yesterday. One of the things that made this hike different from past hikes was seeing the mountain spiny lizard captured in this posting. The colors of this guy were very prominent, sunning in the 6,500 feet elevation cool mountain air. I have learned that every hike, even on the same trail, has something new and impressive to see.
— kenne
You’ve got to get out
and pray to the sky
to appreciate the sunshine;
otherwise you’re
just a lizard
standing there
with the sun shining on you.
— Ken Kesey
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Last SCVN Lizard Walk, 2014 1 comment
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Desert Spiny Lizard
Twenty-one people participated in the last SCVN 2014 Lizard Walk (October 11, 2014).
Although the count was low, observing mostly side-blotched, desert spiny, and zebra-tailed lizard lizards,
it was an enjoyable walk on a beautiful fall desert morning.
— Images by kenne
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. . . He Almost Lost His Whole Head, Trying To Find A Little Piece Of Tail Leave a comment
Desert Spiny Lizard — Image by kenne
You know my mother told me the story,
About that spiny lizard that couldn’t see too well:
He was sunning on a rock,
When a coachwhip grabbed his tail
He turned around just to peep over the rock
And she said he almost lost his whole head,
Trying to find a little piece of tail
That’s why I’m going down,
My nose is in the sand
A cloud of dust just came over me
And now I think I’m drowning on dry land
— kenne’s version of the Blues song “Drowning On Dry Land,” by Al Jackson, Jr.
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SCVN Lizard Walk, August 8, 2014 3 comments
Greater Earless Lizard
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Ornate Tree Lizard
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Zebra-Tailed Lizard
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SCVN Lizard Walk (August 9, 2014) — Images by kenne
(CLICK ON ANY OF THE IMAGES TO SEE LARGER VIEW IN A SLIDE SHOW FORMAT.
You can also go to my Flickr account to see all 22 photos taken yesterday.)
