#common side-blotched lizard

[chaparralprincess]

little lizard having their moment on a rock

i think it’s a western fence lizard ??? i don’t see any armpit blotches, so i’m ruling out side-blotched.

EDIT: inat says it’s a common side-blotched!! i literally know nothing!!!!

[kenneturner]

Lizard Walk In Sabino Canyon

Lizard Walk In Sabino Canyon

The last Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalist (SCVN) Lizard took place on October 12th. It was a perfect fall morning for a lizard walk. However, some lizards may have not agreed since the number of sightings were low. Still, it was a beautiful morning for a nature walk.

Naturalists Tom Skinner and Fred Heath welcome the walkers in front of the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center.

Everyone gathers near…

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[fatchance]

Invisibility cloak.

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana), Hemet, California.

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Inaugural lizard: This is my first lizard post of 2016. I predict there will be more.

Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana), at Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Please click photo to enlarge.

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Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana), at the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Basking.

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Common side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana ♂), in the Thunderbird Conservation Park in Glendale, Arizona.

This fellow was doing little lizard push-ups on his stone perch - a fearsome territorial display among his kind, but really amusing to me. I could watch for hours.

Please click photo for an enlarged view.