Collared Lizard Miniature
©2007-2023 Susan Thiele
Location: Southwest wildlands
Image size: 3-3/4” x 2-3/4”
Reading under a make-shift tarp in the mid-day heat of late spring, I looked up to see this brilliantly-colored lizard perched on a rock doing pushups as a display while defending his territory. I later learned that they are one of the few lizards that are bipedal when running!