It has gotten consistently warm enough that the desert lizards are coming out of hibernation. I found this handsome male Yellow-Backed Spiny Lizard bopping around out front yesterday evening. Here he is sunning himself on a rock under the Russian Olives we use as a windbreak.
He is a BIG boy.
He got tired of the crazy lady with the camera and scooted into the Aussie tree.. Still, he wasn’t too skittish and I was able to get pretty close. I love the turquoise on his throat and abdomen. I am also fascinated by lizard mouths.
Carissa Snedeker Photography 
magnifique prise
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Thank you!
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Interesting coloring. And it really looks like an ancient animal.
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I’m not sure how long it takes for them to get to this size. I don’t see them any larger than this, but I think it takes a few years, at least.
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I meant ancient as in”old design”. Looks like it belongs a couple of hundred thousand years in the past.
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Indeed.
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Great again, all pictures are SUPER!!
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Thank you!
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These are wonderful. We don’t have any creatures like that around here. I wish we did. I’m still hoping the rubber boa snake will show up some time this year and let me photograph him.
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But you have all the gorgeous green!
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Amazing captures!
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Thank you!
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