by Rich Leighton | Dec 13, 2020 | Herps, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, New Mexico, Reptiles
Collared lizards are capable of bipedal locomotion. This means they can run on their rear two legs at speeds up to 15 miles per hour! If you see a collared lizard with red splotches on its body, you can tell it is a gravid female (carrying eggs) and these red markings...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 5, 2018 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles, Snakes
Snakes do not have a sternum. Floating ribs allow them to move side to side and swallow prey larger than their heads. MORE PHOTOS OF SNAKES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North America so...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 6, 2017 | Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Reptiles, Travel
Unusual but not unheard of, this northwestern garter snake (Thamnophis ordinoides) was unexpectedly found actively hunting in the grass near the beach on a rare February sunny day on the Oregon Coast in Oswald West State Park. One of the smallest of garter snakes in...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 31, 2016 | Florida, Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles
The sign of any healthy body of water is the presence of turtles. Of the 327 species alive today, 60+ of those are found living in the wild in the United States. The fossil record shows that turtles are at least 157 million years old in what we would recognize today...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 21, 2015 | American Southwest, Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, New Mexico, Photography, Reptiles
The round-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is a member the lizard family Phrynosomatidae, also known as the spiny desert lizards. Horned lizards also happen to be one of the most curious and interesting of the American Southwest desert spiny lizards, which are...
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