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 | Apr 24, 2018 | Florida Nature Photography, Herps, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Reptiles
The green anole is a common lizard in the American Southeast, slender in build, with a narrow head and a long, slender tail that can be twice as long as the rest of the animal. Color can vary from gray-brown, to brown, to bright green. Each animal can change its color...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 8, 2016 | Arizona, Birds, Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles, Travel
My last trip out to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, I was adamant about finding the United States’ only venomous lizard – the gila monster. I wasn’t going to leave until I found one and got it on camera. Unfortunately, my luck was terrible and I...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 17, 2016 | Georgia, Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles
When I was a kid growing up in Bradenton, Florida – the most difficult of all the local lizards was the “blue-tailed” skink. We chased them all over the place for years, sometimes catching one, but usually being put to shame by a small reptile. Years...
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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