My New Wild Friend

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The Southern Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum) basking in the sun, encountered en route to Horn Toad Peak (named after him a short while later) and
Little Pyramid Peak.
Redstone area of Lake Mead NRA, Nevada. Late March 2008.

These lizards are often called horn toads. Their diet consists mostly of ants and they often sit by ant hills waiting for their prey to walk by.
Besides the Desert Horned Lizard, there are no other species of horned lizards living in southern Nevada.

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BigJordan

Beautiful Lizard!

Voted 10/10

Nice shot! You got extra close to this guy, he didn't freak out at all??? He looks pretty relaxed.

Posted May 24, 2008 6:32 pm


	Anya Jingle	Re: Beautiful Lizard!
	Hasn't voted	Thank you. No, he was pretty slow. Not sure why. Maybe the night was cold and he was just beginning to warm up in the morning sun. Cheers!
		Posted May 25, 2008 11:14 pm

BCJ

Amazing

Voted 10/10

This is one of my favorite wildlife shots on SummitPost. Great job!!!

Posted Sep 14, 2008 6:50 pm


	Anya Jingle	Re: Amazing
	Hasn't voted	Aww, thank you. This little fellow didn't feel like moving much, so it was easy to get my camera very close. Maybe he just wasn't a morning person, ha,ha.
		Posted Sep 15, 2008 4:45 pm