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Mescal,AZ
Canon Powershot SX100IS
Madrean Alligator Lizard
A large, shiny, long-bodied lizard with relatively small limbs and a long thick tail. The back and belly are armored with stiff, rectangular, late-like scales. A soft fold of skin on each side allows the body to expand for breathing.
This ground dweller is often found foraging in leaf litter or under rock piles, rats nests, fallen logs (where I found this guy) or dead plants. Seems to be most abundant in wooded canyons or along drainages.
Eats insects, spiders and scorpions. Presumably a Fall breeder laying up to 15 eggs in late Spring or early Summer.
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My images are not photo shopped. They have only been adjusted with basic sharpening, contrasting & saturation techniques. I believe that in order to appreciate Nature, you have to capture it as it is, naturally.
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He’s a beauty, my colors!!
I got lucky with this shot, it is the only on I got of him…lol. Thank you Kay!
– Kimberly P-Chadwick
beautiful capture, wonderful colours
I thank you Robert!
– Kimberly P-Chadwick
What a beauty, well spotted and captured
I apprecaite that Hawker my friend, thank you !
– Kimberly P-Chadwick
More spectacular colors – the essence of the Southwest, this guy. Beautiful shot.
Many thank you’s Sheila!
– Kimberly P-Chadwick
What a lovely looking fellow he is!
He was a handsome fella no doubt, thank you !
– Kimberly P-Chadwick