Two’s Company
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). After my last post, featuring a female Eastern Collared Lizard, I found and scanned an image of a male and female sunning alongside each other (female on the left), on a lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains, with wildflowers profusely blooming in […]
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Subtle in the Sun
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This subtly-colored female Eastern Collared Lizard was captured as it sunned on a lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains: Not long ago, I featured the male Eastern Collared Lizard (Male Eastern Collared Lizard), in case you missed it or want to compare […]
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Brilliant Color on a Hot, Summer Day
Today, I’m featuring another recently converted digital file (from a 35mm slide). This colorful, male Eastern Collared Lizard was captured as it sunned on a beautiful, lichen-covered rock in the Oklahoma Wichita Mountains: While the female Eastern Collared Lizard is quite drab in color, the males exhibit the brilliant blue-turquoise-yellow colors that make them stand […]
One of My ‘Tenants’
Today’s post comes from my rural Missouri home. While working around my back deck the other day, this brilliantly-colored Five-lined Skink was moving about, sunning on the exterior wall of my basement: I’ve seen a lot of these beautiful lizards this summer. Always a treat to see the summer sun glistening off their colorful tails! […]
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Turquoise Treasure
Another interesting inhabitant of the Wichita Mountains (southwest Oklahoma) is the Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). During my recent visit, I saw several male lizards, but no females. Makes me think the females may be busy nesting right now. These creatures are cold-blooded, staying in their dens on colder days. During my visit, it was […]
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Faster Than A Speeding Bullet!
While on my recent camping trip to the bootheel area of Missouri, I ran upon this small fence lizard (species unknown) while photographing woodland wildflowers near my campgound: While photographing him, I decided to try to grab some video. Here is a short clip of the little guy. Watch his extreme speed […]
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