I used to love this game that AfroHerper played on ExTwitter, so here's my version of it from the recent Mexico biodiversity cataloging expedition.
There is a Ditmars horned lizard ("horny toad") in this photo. It's the one I found and the first of only two found on the trip. It's a juvenile about 3" long.
If you see it, don't spill the beans! I'm hitting the road soon, but will give the answer tomorrow or tonight.
BTW, it's not hidden in the watermark or anything sneaky like that. They are just really hard to spot on the ground until they move.
I was quite surprised when I noticed this iOS detail.
When you look at a photo in your gallery there's a button for Visual Look Up that is an "i" in a circle with sparkles when it can identify what's in the photo.
I noticed when I was viewing a photo of a lizard that the button changed to a lizard in a circle with sparkles! 🤯🦎✨
I’m pretty sure these are just our regular alligator lizards here in So. California but have never seen one so dark before. Anyone know why or if it’s a different breed? Thanks #lizard#lizardsofmastedon#lizards
🍀Artist: #DavidZinn in City: #AnnArbor USA 🇺🇸 - Title:
🔴 "Colin's too small to ride roller
coasters, so every summer he
sits in an old slipper and waits
for someone to give him a push"
🟡 "Colin ist zu klein, um Achterbahn
zu fahren. Deshalb sitzt er jeden
Sommer in einem alten Pantoffel
und wartet darauf, dass ihn
jemand anschubst." 🎢 #StreetArt#SidewalkChalk#Art#MastoArt#Chalkart#Lizard#Eidechse#SmallJoys#Anticipation
The Gila Monster is a desert dweller ironically named after the Gila river, where it is a common sight. It is the only venomous lizard native to the United States and the largest lizard north of the Mexican border, growing to about 22" in total length. Rather than injecting venom through hollow fangs like many snakes, it has enlarged, grooved teeth in its lower jaw that chew the venom in through capillary action. It can live for several years on the fat stored in its tail, but can't detach and regrow it like other lizards do.
As always, there are things that bother me and things I would change, but for the moment, it's done and I like it a lot.
I have lived most of my life around these little blue-tail skinks (which are actually juvenile five-line skinks). They have been scurrying all over my patio since the weather warmed up, so when I found myself with 4 pieces of lino to use, they offered quick inspiration 😁
First mistaken for a frog–was hopping on its rear limbs–, this Blainville's horned lizard is remarkable: invisible on the brush, we only noticed it because it moved. Outstanding camouflage.
Susan Marie Hult's master thesis reads:
"One of the most unusual behaviors, unique to most species of horned lizards, is their ability to squirt a narrow stream of blood from their eyes. They can project the stream forward or backward and reach distances of up to almost 2 m (Smith 1946; Cutter 1959; Sherbrooke 2003)."
This is the face of a lizard whose food bowl contained nothing but vegetables!
(When I give him a mix of vegetables, insects and fruit he'll generally eat only the insects and fruit, so I've decided to experiment with feeding him vegetables only first, then the tasty stuff the following day).
Lizard on one of our plants today