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Well, today's lizard report had some surprises. I didn't see Bill or Donna all day but I fed Cutie in the morning Then Don/Donna's apparent girlfriend, the very light colored iguana and the other one, with the regrowing tail, both hung out with me on the wall.
The fourth iguana, a medium sized adult, took some worms I tossed to it and then skedaddled to the backyard scrap lumber pile where it lives, along with Cutie and the tiger whiptail.
The furthest one away in the photo is the very pale one that I'm calling Don/Donna's girlfriend. Note the regrowing tail tip on the closest one. It doesn't have the spots or banding of its original tail.
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Well, today's lizard report had some surprises. I didn't see Bill or Donna all day but I fed Cutie in the morning Then Don/Donna's apparent girlfriend, the very light colored iguana and the other one, with the regrowing tail, both hung out with me on the wall.
The fourth iguana, a medium sized adult, took some worms I tossed to it and then skedaddled to the backyard scrap lumber pile where it lives, along with Cutie and the tiger whiptail.
The furthest one away in the photo is the very pale one that I'm calling Don/Donna's girlfriend. Note the regrowing tail tip on the closest one. It doesn't have the spots or banding of its original tail.
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Well, today's lizard report had some surprises. I didn't see Bill or Donna all day but I fed Cutie in the morning Then Don/Donna's apparent girlfriend, the very light colored iguana and the other one, with the regrowing tail, both hung out with me on the wall.
The fourth iguana, a medium sized adult, took some worms I tossed to it and then skedaddled to the backyard scrap lumber pile where it lives, along with Cutie and the tiger whiptail.
The furthest one away in the photo is the very pale one that I'm calling Don/Donna's girlfriend. Note the regrowing tail tip on the closest one. It doesn't have the spots or banding of its original tail.
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Well, today's lizard report had some surprises. I didn't see Bill or Donna all day but I fed Cutie in the morning Then Don/Donna's apparent girlfriend, the very light colored iguana and the other one, with the regrowing tail, both hung out with me on the wall.
The fourth iguana, a medium sized adult, took some worms I tossed to it and then skedaddled to the backyard scrap lumber pile where it lives, along with Cutie and the tiger whiptail.
The furthest one away in the photo is the very pale one that I'm calling Don/Donna's girlfriend. Note the regrowing tail tip on the closest one. It doesn't have the spots or banding of its original tail.
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Well, today's lizard report had some surprises. I didn't see Bill or Donna all day but I fed Cutie in the morning Then Don/Donna's apparent girlfriend, the very light colored iguana and the other one, with the regrowing tail, both hung out with me on the wall.
The fourth iguana, a medium sized adult, took some worms I tossed to it and then skedaddled to the backyard scrap lumber pile where it lives, along with Cutie and the tiger whiptail.
The furthest one away in the photo is the very pale one that I'm calling Don/Donna's girlfriend. Note the regrowing tail tip on the closest one. It doesn't have the spots or banding of its original tail.
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A few minutes ago, I met a new iguana in the backyard, hanging out in the scrap wood pile. It was a little shy, but came within 2 feet to eat mealworms.
While I was sitting there, letting it get used to me, I asked its name. And that's when it occurred to me:
Lizards are desert fairies.
Shy, diminutive, mysterious creatures that come and go on their own agenda, willing to be friends if you can build their trust, but always a little leery of us. They often appear as if out of the blue and then disappear in an instant like magic. They can be nearly invisible until you learn how to see them. Not everyone can.
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A few minutes ago, I met a new iguana in the backyard, hanging out in the scrap wood pile. It was a little shy, but came within 2 feet to eat mealworms.
While I was sitting there, letting it get used to me, I asked its name. And that's when it occurred to me:
Lizards are desert fairies.
Shy, diminutive, mysterious creatures that come and go on their own agenda, willing to be friends if you can build their trust, but always a little leery of us. They often appear as if out of the blue and then disappear in an instant like magic. They can be nearly invisible until you learn how to see them. Not everyone can.
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A few minutes ago, I met a new iguana in the backyard, hanging out in the scrap wood pile. It was a little shy, but came within 2 feet to eat mealworms.
While I was sitting there, letting it get used to me, I asked its name. And that's when it occurred to me:
Lizards are desert fairies.
Shy, diminutive, mysterious creatures that come and go on their own agenda, willing to be friends if you can build their trust, but always a little leery of us. They often appear as if out of the blue and then disappear in an instant like magic. They can be nearly invisible until you learn how to see them. Not everyone can.
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A few minutes ago, I met a new iguana in the backyard, hanging out in the scrap wood pile. It was a little shy, but came within 2 feet to eat mealworms.
While I was sitting there, letting it get used to me, I asked its name. And that's when it occurred to me:
Lizards are desert fairies.
Shy, diminutive, mysterious creatures that come and go on their own agenda, willing to be friends if you can build their trust, but always a little leery of us. They often appear as if out of the blue and then disappear in an instant like magic. They can be nearly invisible until you learn how to see them. Not everyone can.
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A few minutes ago, I met a new iguana in the backyard, hanging out in the scrap wood pile. It was a little shy, but came within 2 feet to eat mealworms.
While I was sitting there, letting it get used to me, I asked its name. And that's when it occurred to me:
Lizards are desert fairies.
Shy, diminutive, mysterious creatures that come and go on their own agenda, willing to be friends if you can build their trust, but always a little leery of us. They often appear as if out of the blue and then disappear in an instant like magic. They can be nearly invisible until you learn how to see them. Not everyone can.
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Last night after I posted the picture of the Sonoran Desert toad, it came back to the water dish for a little more toadly spa time.
What it is probably doing is "drinking", which they do by osmosis through a membrane on their lower abdomens.
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Last night after I posted the picture of the Sonoran Desert toad, it came back to the water dish for a little more toadly spa time.
What it is probably doing is "drinking", which they do by osmosis through a membrane on their lower abdomens.
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Last night after I posted the picture of the Sonoran Desert toad, it came back to the water dish for a little more toadly spa time.
What it is probably doing is "drinking", which they do by osmosis through a membrane on their lower abdomens.
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Last night after I posted the picture of the Sonoran Desert toad, it came back to the water dish for a little more toadly spa time.
What it is probably doing is "drinking", which they do by osmosis through a membrane on their lower abdomens.
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Last night after I posted the picture of the Sonoran Desert toad, it came back to the water dish for a little more toadly spa time.
What it is probably doing is "drinking", which they do by osmosis through a membrane on their lower abdomens.
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Right after letting the snake go, though, I had a bit of a fright. It hadn't occurred to me before, but I know snakes will eat lizards. I haven't seen Donna the iguana all day and at that point I hadn't seen Bill the spiny lizard all day. (I saw him on his wall a little while later.) I haven't seen stubby in three days.
I was quite concerned about my lizard friends! So I wrote to my herpetologist friend and he assured me that gopher snakes far prefer rodents and that there's no evidence of one ever eating a spiny lizard. Also, most lizards are too fast. So I am relieved.
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Right after letting the snake go, though, I had a bit of a fright. It hadn't occurred to me before, but I know snakes will eat lizards. I haven't seen Donna the iguana all day and at that point I hadn't seen Bill the spiny lizard all day. (I saw him on his wall a little while later.) I haven't seen stubby in three days.
I was quite concerned about my lizard friends! So I wrote to my herpetologist friend and he assured me that gopher snakes far prefer rodents and that there's no evidence of one ever eating a spiny lizard. Also, most lizards are too fast. So I am relieved.
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Right after letting the snake go, though, I had a bit of a fright. It hadn't occurred to me before, but I know snakes will eat lizards. I haven't seen Donna the iguana all day and at that point I hadn't seen Bill the spiny lizard all day. (I saw him on his wall a little while later.) I haven't seen stubby in three days.
I was quite concerned about my lizard friends! So I wrote to my herpetologist friend and he assured me that gopher snakes far prefer rodents and that there's no evidence of one ever eating a spiny lizard. Also, most lizards are too fast. So I am relieved.
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Right after letting the snake go, though, I had a bit of a fright. It hadn't occurred to me before, but I know snakes will eat lizards. I haven't seen Donna the iguana all day and at that point I hadn't seen Bill the spiny lizard all day. (I saw him on his wall a little while later.) I haven't seen stubby in three days.
I was quite concerned about my lizard friends! So I wrote to my herpetologist friend and he assured me that gopher snakes far prefer rodents and that there's no evidence of one ever eating a spiny lizard. Also, most lizards are too fast. So I am relieved.
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Right after letting the snake go, though, I had a bit of a fright. It hadn't occurred to me before, but I know snakes will eat lizards. I haven't seen Donna the iguana all day and at that point I hadn't seen Bill the spiny lizard all day. (I saw him on his wall a little while later.) I haven't seen stubby in three days.
I was quite concerned about my lizard friends! So I wrote to my herpetologist friend and he assured me that gopher snakes far prefer rodents and that there's no evidence of one ever eating a spiny lizard. Also, most lizards are too fast. So I am relieved.
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When I lifted up the tarp that we've been throwing all the remodel debris on, I found the most adorable little Mediterranean house gecko! Hemidactylus turcicus.
They are so cute! I see them on the porch frequently at night, looking for bugs by the lights. I've never really tried to tame them.
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When I lifted up the tarp that we've been throwing all the remodel debris on, I found the most adorable little Mediterranean house gecko! Hemidactylus turcicus.
They are so cute! I see them on the porch frequently at night, looking for bugs by the lights. I've never really tried to tame them.
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When I lifted up the tarp that we've been throwing all the remodel debris on, I found the most adorable little Mediterranean house gecko! Hemidactylus turcicus.
They are so cute! I see them on the porch frequently at night, looking for bugs by the lights. I've never really tried to tame them.
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When I lifted up the tarp that we've been throwing all the remodel debris on, I found the most adorable little Mediterranean house gecko! Hemidactylus turcicus.
They are so cute! I see them on the porch frequently at night, looking for bugs by the lights. I've never really tried to tame them.
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When I lifted up the tarp that we've been throwing all the remodel debris on, I found the most adorable little Mediterranean house gecko! Hemidactylus turcicus.
They are so cute! I see them on the porch frequently at night, looking for bugs by the lights. I've never really tried to tame them.
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Well, there is much to report on the #LizardReport front. Donna, the big iguana (first pic) has been strangely skittish the last few days. She'll come and eat mealworms from my hand, but doesn't seem interested in climbing around on me or hanging out for very long. Was it something I said?
I haven't seen Stubby, the little desert spiny lizard who hangs out by the gate below the mailbox, in three days, which is concerning.
Bill and Cutie are at their usual spots in the backyard, plus Bill moves between his territory in the front yard and backyard pretty regularly.
There is a little desert spiny (Sceloporus magister; second pic) who has been coming up and hanging out on the porch and seems to like coming into the house when the door is open.
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Well, there is much to report on the #LizardReport front. Donna, the big iguana (first pic) has been strangely skittish the last few days. She'll come and eat mealworms from my hand, but doesn't seem interested in climbing around on me or hanging out for very long. Was it something I said?
I haven't seen Stubby, the little desert spiny lizard who hangs out by the gate below the mailbox, in three days, which is concerning.
Bill and Cutie are at their usual spots in the backyard, plus Bill moves between his territory in the front yard and backyard pretty regularly.
There is a little desert spiny (Sceloporus magister; second pic) who has been coming up and hanging out on the porch and seems to like coming into the house when the door is open.
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Well, there is much to report on the #LizardReport front. Donna, the big iguana (first pic) has been strangely skittish the last few days. She'll come and eat mealworms from my hand, but doesn't seem interested in climbing around on me or hanging out for very long. Was it something I said?
I haven't seen Stubby, the little desert spiny lizard who hangs out by the gate below the mailbox, in three days, which is concerning.
Bill and Cutie are at their usual spots in the backyard, plus Bill moves between his territory in the front yard and backyard pretty regularly.
There is a little desert spiny (Sceloporus magister; second pic) who has been coming up and hanging out on the porch and seems to like coming into the house when the door is open.
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Well, there is much to report on the #LizardReport front. Donna, the big iguana (first pic) has been strangely skittish the last few days. She'll come and eat mealworms from my hand, but doesn't seem interested in climbing around on me or hanging out for very long. Was it something I said?
I haven't seen Stubby, the little desert spiny lizard who hangs out by the gate below the mailbox, in three days, which is concerning.
Bill and Cutie are at their usual spots in the backyard, plus Bill moves between his territory in the front yard and backyard pretty regularly.
There is a little desert spiny (Sceloporus magister; second pic) who has been coming up and hanging out on the porch and seems to like coming into the house when the door is open.
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Oh boy! Tiger whiptail is back! Whiptail is back!
It immediately remembered me. Or at least remembered that the whistling hairless ape has free food. It ran right up to me when I whistled for it.
Now, anyone who spends time out here in the desert knows that it's hard to get within 20 feet of a whiptail. They are very fast and very skittish. This one, on the other hand, when I first met it, was climbing all over me after tossing it four or five mealworms.
I want to try making friends with other whiptails to see if that level of food-friendliness is a species-level characteristic or if I just met a friendly one.
Latin name: Aspidoscelis tigris
#LizardReport #Lizard #Lizards #SonoranDesert #herps #Herpetology.
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Oh boy! Tiger whiptail is back! Whiptail is back!
It immediately remembered me. Or at least remembered that the whistling hairless ape has free food. It ran right up to me when I whistled for it.
Now, anyone who spends time out here in the desert knows that it's hard to get within 20 feet of a whiptail. They are very fast and very skittish. This one, on the other hand, when I first met it, was climbing all over me after tossing it four or five mealworms.
I want to try making friends with other whiptails to see if that level of food-friendliness is a species-level characteristic or if I just met a friendly one.
Latin name: Aspidoscelis tigris
#LizardReport #Lizard #Lizards #SonoranDesert #herps #Herpetology.
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Oh boy! Tiger whiptail is back! Whiptail is back!
It immediately remembered me. Or at least remembered that the whistling hairless ape has free food. It ran right up to me when I whistled for it.
Now, anyone who spends time out here in the desert knows that it's hard to get within 20 feet of a whiptail. They are very fast and very skittish. This one, on the other hand, when I first met it, was climbing all over me after tossing it four or five mealworms.
I want to try making friends with other whiptails to see if that level of food-friendliness is a species-level characteristic or if I just met a friendly one.
Latin name: Aspidoscelis tigris
#LizardReport #Lizard #Lizards #SonoranDesert #herps #Herpetology.
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Oh boy! Tiger whiptail is back! Whiptail is back!
It immediately remembered me. Or at least remembered that the whistling hairless ape has free food. It ran right up to me when I whistled for it.
Now, anyone who spends time out here in the desert knows that it's hard to get within 20 feet of a whiptail. They are very fast and very skittish. This one, on the other hand, when I first met it, was climbing all over me after tossing it four or five mealworms.
I want to try making friends with other whiptails to see if that level of food-friendliness is a species-level characteristic or if I just met a friendly one.
Latin name: Aspidoscelis tigris
#LizardReport #Lizard #Lizards #SonoranDesert #herps #Herpetology.
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Oh boy! Tiger whiptail is back! Whiptail is back!
It immediately remembered me. Or at least remembered that the whistling hairless ape has free food. It ran right up to me when I whistled for it.
Now, anyone who spends time out here in the desert knows that it's hard to get within 20 feet of a whiptail. They are very fast and very skittish. This one, on the other hand, when I first met it, was climbing all over me after tossing it four or five mealworms.
I want to try making friends with other whiptails to see if that level of food-friendliness is a species-level characteristic or if I just met a friendly one.
Latin name: Aspidoscelis tigris
#LizardReport #Lizard #Lizards #SonoranDesert #herps #Herpetology.