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)."
i went back to the exact same spot i saw the #lizard yesterday and this time i had my phone camera app open and lens wiped off and ready to snap --and the lizard was right there in the exact same spot and stayed frozen in place for about 2 minutes! so stoked!!!!!!
"Using actual specimens to mold their toys, the company AAA has made some of the most realistic animal toys ever produced in plastic. Some of them are so convincing in their appearance that they can easily be mistaken for real animals, or taxidermy of them at least..."
"A tiny earless dragon feared to be extinct in the wild has been sighted for the first time in more than 50 years – at a location that is being kept secret to help preservation efforts.
A green anole appearing to be sitting on a piece of old wood. part of a photoshoot that included a shot where it is thinking and one with the dewlap out.
The green anole (scientific name: Anolis carolinensis) is a species of reptile found in areas of Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and the Carolinas. In fact, it’s the only kind of anole that is native to the United States.
Lizard on one of our plants today