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Flash Back: The Western Banded Gecko
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/10325
Published: October 4, 2025 04:51
Like many other lizards, the western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus) can drop its tail when threatened by a predator. However, losing their tail could mean a life-or-death fight for this nocturnal species.
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Spanish Lizards
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/91925
Published: September 20, 2025 00:46
Can you #FindThatLizard in Toledo?!My mentor Tien and her partner John were recently in Toledo, Spain for a wedding when they came across a Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus).
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Birthday Lizard!
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/9525
Published: September 6, 2025 00:16
Can you #FindThatLizard?!It’s my birthday this Sunday so for this week’s challenge, I wanted to reflect on my love for lizards and why I wanted to share that love with all of you.I wasn’t always obsessed with lizards. In fact for most of my life, I didn’t…
Short & Stout
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/83025
Published: August 30, 2025 00:45
Can you #FindThatLizard in the City?The western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, adapts really well to urbanized areas such as Downtown Los Angeles. In undisturbed or less urbanized areas, you can commonly find western fence lizards on rocks, logs,…
Happy World Lizard Day
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/81525
Published: August 16, 2025 00:18
There are more than 4,000 species of lizards. Many of them look quite different. For example, consider the Komodo dragon, a green iguana, and a fence lizard. These species have all evolved to look very different based on the very different environments…
Call for Submissions
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/8825
Published: August 9, 2025 00:57
Can you #FindThatLizard?!I want to thank Jaclyn Cosgrove, @jacinthewild.la, for submitting this week’s challenge photo of TWO western fence lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis. If you have a photo you’d like to submit, go to…
Lizard Personalities
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/8125
Published: August 1, 2025 22:51
The side blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, named after the inky dark splotch in their armpit, is one of the most commonly seen lizards in the Los Angeles area. If you join me on one of the lizard art walks I’m leading in August, you’ll likely see one or…
World Lizard Day 2025
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/72525
Published: July 25, 2025 17:17
I have been an observer of the natural world for as long as I can remember. My curiosity is endless. So much so that when I was around 6 or 7, my dad bought me The Big Book Of Tell Me Why.I wanted to know why birds could fly, why animals didn’t get sick…
Go Do the Thing!
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/71825
Published: July 18, 2025 22:53
Perfectionism has been stressing me out lately. For the last few weeks, I’ve been wanting to get out to search for horned lizards. However, the drive to the areas they may be at (that I have access to) are about an hour away. So I just haven’t found the…
Na Na Na Can’t Hear You
https://earynmcgee.com/findthatlizardchallenges/71125
Published: July 11, 2025 23:40
Lizards have a lot of cool adaptations that match the environments they evolved in.Can you #FindThatLizard?!
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