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10 July 2011 Sam Rua

Golden Boy

Tucson, AZ

This is a male Zebra-tailed lizard that we saw on our return visit
to Sabino Canyon, after a 5 week hiatus due to the closure of the
area because of wild fire concern. We have had some good storms in
the area (more that 2 inches of rain at our house just a few miles
east of Sabino) and were amazed to see lower Sabino Creek very dry.

It was a good herp day, having seen this fellow, a horned lizard, a
Clark's spiny lizard, a few Desert spinys, including a male and female
we caught in the act of pre-mating courtship, and a California kingsnake.
The Zebra-tailed above was like a flash of almost day-glo yellow as
he scurried across the desert floor. Fortunately, he stopped for a pose.

This really was a great day for seeing a wide variety of reptiles in Sabino:













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Janet Forjan-Freedman15-Jul-2011 16:44
Wow! Wonderful work capturing this lizard's beautiful markings and colour!
Guest 13-Jul-2011 01:47
A beautiful shot of a beautiful lizard. I love the pose. Great capture. V.
Hernan E. Enriquez12-Jul-2011 11:58
Beautiful,, another new one for me Sam/
Marcia Colelli12-Jul-2011 01:59
Nice find, great details V
Tom Munson12-Jul-2011 01:00
He is a beauty! Great shot, Sam!
Linda Willets11-Jul-2011 18:44
Very colorful guy, great capture.
Guest 11-Jul-2011 15:16
Amazing color scheme, very cool lizard.
Walter Otto Koenig11-Jul-2011 15:14
Great details on this lizard. Thanks for showing us Sam.
Guest 11-Jul-2011 14:45
A cool subject nicely photographed Sam.
Guest 11-Jul-2011 14:38
A nice image of this lizard, Sam...
Jim Coffman11-Jul-2011 12:08
You sure have some interesting creatures in your part of the world,Sam! Very nice capture of this one.
Michal Leszczynski11-Jul-2011 08:03
Great capture. V.
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