Dr. Earyn McGee

The southern sagebrush has smaller scales and there is usually a black bar on the shoulder and rusty coloring on the armpits

Me too!

No they do bite and hard. I’ve been bitten by them plenty. And they don’t like to let go. However, I am ok with getting bit lmao

Right! Took me a minute to find it!

This one was tricky!

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Woke up on the wrong side of the bed and the herp gods decided to bless me. This cutie was trapped in a building so of course I had to get them back outside. Southern alligator lizard, Elgaria multicarinata.

😂😂😭😭 same happened to me at first

Yes they do!

That’s what I’m talking about!!

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This was a tricky one even for me!

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Head first or tail first you #FoundThatLizard!

FIND THAT LIZARD IS BACK

Interesting! There was a tail looking stick too that easily could’ve been a decoy

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My favorite Twitter game is back!

Right?! It actually took me like 3 mins to find it. I was worried there wasn’t even a lizard in the photo!😭

Surprisingly, these little lizards are good jumpers and will jump from rock to rock. Although they are also good climbers, they mostly live on the ground, so you’ll see them near brush piles like the one pictured, rocks, bushes, and logs.

Let me know if you #FoundThatLizard in the comments!

Similar to other spiny lizards, male southern sagebrush lizards, Sceloporus vandenburgianus, are very territorial. They do push-ups and show off their blue bellies. They defend their territories even outside of mating season.

When I first saw this lizard, I thought it was a western fence lizard, but upon further inspection, I realized it must be a southern sagebrush lizard. The scale size and pattern were slightly different. Now that I’ve identified the lizard, can you #FindThatLizard?
Reference photo by California Herps

You will!

I’m sorry to hear about your friend but I’m so happy to hear that I was able to bring you some joy.

I have a couple lizards in mind for glaze inspiration for these vases. We’ll see if I can actually achieve my vision lol

A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts.

Need some good news? Kakapo, New Zealand's endangered flightless parrots, are having a great year. #ornithology

This really made my day! You don’t even know!

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And sometimes very curious! They want to know more about you!