Chuckwalla Lizard Part 1 of 2 (at Lindsay Wildlife Experience)

I took pix of a chuckwalla lizard last month when I visited Lindsay Wildlife Experience (LWE), a wild-animal rescue facility that rehabilitates 5,500 animals a year. It was bigger than geckos that I'd occasionally seen in my garage, and not particularly colorful. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Texas Spiny Lizard and Some Kin

Last week during a walk, a critter scampered up a 6' picket fence. It splayed its legs along a picket (6" wide). From the positioning of the head, neck, and tail extending into adjacent pickets, it looked to be up to a foot long. The spikiness, imho, makes it look somewhat prehistoric, like a scelidosaurus, or maybe a dragon. Read the entire article and comment there, please.