Hanging out with Lizards in 2010

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Hanging out with Lizards in 2010

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Now that the weather is cooling down, I can stop herping long enough to post some of the pics from the year. I'm breaking up my post into several parts so it won't take as long to download.

I'll start with lizards:

Side-blotch lizards
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Banded Geckos
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Alligator Lizards
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Banded Rock Lizard
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Granite Night Lizards
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Granite Spiny
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Western Skinks
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Side-blotch
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Zebra-taileds
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Gila Monster
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Desert Collared Lizard
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Banded Gecko
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Desert Collared Lizard
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Female Desert Spiny sleeping in a wash, in situ
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Banded Geckos
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Eastern Collared Lizard
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Male Sonoran Collared Lizard
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Female Sonoran Collared Lizard
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Desert Night Lizard
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Desert Spiny Lizard
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Greater Earless Lizard
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Gila Monster
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Med Geckos on my porch
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Female Desert Collared Lizard
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Male Desert Collared Lizard
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Tree Lizard
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Zebra-tailed
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Chuckwallas
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Desert Iguanas
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Leopard Lizard
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Female Desert Collared Lizard
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Very Friendly Male Desert Collared Lizard
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Gravid Sonoran Collared Lizard
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Gila Monster
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Desert Collared Lizard
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Sonoran Horned Lizard
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Male Eastern Collared with cactus in his face. After a few pics, I noosed him and removed the cactus.
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Greater Earless Lizard
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Leopard Lizard
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Tiger Whiptail
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Desert Spiny Lizard
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Greater Earless Lizard
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Zebra-tailed
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Male Desert Collared about half way down in the Grand Canyon
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Plateau Spiny Lizard
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Side-blotch down in the Canyon
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Lesser Earless Lizard
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Gravid Plateau Spiny Lizard
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Various Eastern Collareds
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Banded Gecko
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Female Desert Collared Lizard
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Clark's Spiny
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Regal Horned Lizards
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Desert Horned Lizards
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Greater Earless Lizard
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Gila Monsters
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Group of Mt Spinys
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Tiger Whiptail
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Gila Monster
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Alligator Lizard in situ
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Posed
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Chuckwalla
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Desert Spiny
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Gila Monsters
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Elegant Earless Lizard
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Mt Spiny
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Hatchling Mojave Collared Lizards
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Short Horned Hatchlings
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Young Chuckwalla
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Female Mojave Collared Lizard
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Tree lizards
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Hatchling Regal Horned
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Hatchling Greater Earless
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WOW! :shock:

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Great... now the rest of my day will seem drab and boring... :lol: :lol: That was AWESOME... specially the Collards. I so wanna see/herp the Grand Canyon. jim
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Yeah, that was just fantastic Will!
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I really loved this throughout but thought the petrified wood shots were the coolest.
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Absolutely stunning! Your time and efforts put forth in finding all these animals is recognized, for sure! Any post with Xantusia, is okay with me.
Thanks for sharing.

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Dang! That was a bushel basket full of lizards to say the least. Great photography as always and a super post. Good job, Will. :thumb:

-Gerald
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Well done Will!!! Loved them all!
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Ridiculous! :thumb:
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One of the most impressive posts yet, and not a single snake. Very nice!
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Awesome post, Will!
Can't get enough of those collared shots! :beer:
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....and I've gone cross-eyed.... haha.

Seriously awesome post and great photos!
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Love the GROUP spiny shot... :beer: :thumb:

The rest is OK? :lol:

Fundad
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WOW! Some absolutely classic images of the Southwest - the chuckwalla with the petroglyphs, and the collareds on the petrified wood. And that baby solare is ridiculously cute! THANKS !!!!!!!!
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Way cool! I loved seeing all that variation in colors on the Collared Lizards.
You seemed to find a heck of a lot of Gila Monsters this year as well.

Tim

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Wow Will your a lizard nut!! LOL Awesome shots man.
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Great stuff, Will. I think you must have spent an aweful lot of time in the field this year. Look forward to the rest... ;)

TC :thumb:
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Great report as always, Will. WOW!!! :thumb:
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Fantastic post :thumb:

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This posts fails because of 2 reason...

I didn't see Crotaphytus dickersonae and Crotaphytus vestigium photos! :cry:






I jest, great shots Will. All the bicinctorres shots makes me wish I would have been able to get shots of the little male I saw last October.
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Awesome post! looks like your ready to print a field guide
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Thanks for the kind words. It seems like lizards are easier to find but more difficult to get good photos of them. Though I posed several lizards in this post my favorites are of unposed lizards. The best way to get those shots are to go out in the field and hang out with them until they let you get close.
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Will Wells wrote:Thanks for the kind words. It seems like lizards are easier to find but more difficult to get good photos of them. Though I posed several lizards in this post my favorites are of unposed lizards. The best way to get those shots are to go out in the field and hang out with them until they let you get close.

I would agree that in situ lizard shots are the best. Are you using a telephoto lens? Some of those ultra bright Eastern Collareds are off the hook! Apache Co. I'm guessing?
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Awesome mega post, Will! One question arose as I was perusing the monster shots --- I noticed that two or three of them had damaged tail tips, and I've seen that myself with live ones too. Is there any specific predator (or whatever???) that tends to be the main cause of that injury in monsters?
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Will,

Your shots are amazing! You really have a way of capturing the individual field moment. I don't suppose you regret moving to Arizona, do you? :lol:
Didn't think so. Incredible post. You are still King of the Collareds. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

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Great stuff, I always enjoy a good lizard post, and of course, I always enjoy your Crotaphytus shots! A post loaded with nothing but collared lizards from over the years would be awesome. Have you been out to see C. reticulatus or C. antiquus yet?
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WOW! that is an incredible post. You certainly are the Collard Lizard Expert. It boggles my mind as to how you get so close and get those outstanding shots!
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Jackson Shedd wrote:Great stuff, I always enjoy a good lizard post, and of course, I always enjoy your Crotaphytus shots! A post loaded with nothing but collared lizards from over the years would be awesome. Have you been out to see C. reticulatus or C. antiquus yet?

I agree that a collared lizard post would be really cool and I'm sure it will happen in the near future. Hopefully some day I can get down south to photo the above mentioned species along with a few other Crotaphytus species.
Once the dust settles in Mexico, it's on!
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Will, you guys in AZ have some of the ugliest side-blotched lizards around.

Beyond that, this post is fantastic. The collared lizards were especially spectular. Thanks for sharing.

Todd
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Very few posts get me taking a 2nd look, but this one did. Nice field work!
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You are the King of the Collareds. 8-)
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