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And of course: the good old lizards. Easy to spot, but faster than lightning so very difficult to capture on film.
Sub-species: California Whiptail - Aspidoscelis tigris munda
Mary Bowerman Trail, Mount Diablo State Park
This guy was sitting on my bedroom floor, and didn't run away when I got near him, but instead hopped up onto my finger. So I deposited him in the plants outside the front door, where lots of other little tiny lizards live.
Bearded dragons, agamid lizards of the genus Pogona, are often kept as pets, most commonly Pogona vitticeps, the Inland or Central Bearded Dragon. Pogona describes seven species naturally found in arid, semi-arid woodlands and rocky deserts in central Australia.
This shot shows a lot of color behind the chin. I wonder if this area is inflated as a sex come-on. If so could this specimen be male?
IMG_2743e; Ornate Tree Lizard
so many lizards running around, fast little things, in the end I just sat on a rock and snapped them as they passed by. They were on average 6-8 inches long.
I snapped this picture of a lizard on the large granite boulder that sits in the front border. You will see up to a dozen lizards on a sunny day as they emerge from the rocks and bask in the sun on the front walls, path or rocks.
They are quite bold creatures and you can get right up close before they scurry off.