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Bleached Earless Lizard

Holbrookia maculata ruthveni

White Sands National Monument

 

Otero Co., New Mexico

 

Identifiable by two black spots on each side, these lizards blend in completely with the white dunefields while populations in the rest of the region outside of White Sands are darker colored.

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Uploaded on November 9, 2016
Taken on October 15, 2016