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Sceloporus olivaceus
It is frequently found just about anywhere there are a few naturally growing trees. They are often mistaken for a horned lizard because of their spiny appearance, but unlike horned lizards, the Texas Spiny Lizard climbs trees exceptionally well. Like most lizards, they eat insects which makes them quite beneficial. Sometimes when a Texas Spiny Lizard is startled, it will leap from a tree and go running noisily through the leaf litter, but because of their camouflage coloring, they can still be difficult to spot.
Starting to see them coming out to sun on the bricks.
Spotted on Mar 28, 2013
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013
3 Comments
Cool!
Thanks :) Happy to have them about again.
Nice spotting!