Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 5, 2011. A male Great Basin Fence Lizard was giving a territorial display for my camera this morning. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
According to CaliforniaHerps.com, Fence Lizards are the most often seen lizard in the state due to its living in populated areas and "conspicuous behavior." Doing push-ups and flashing his colors, he certainly caught my eye.
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They eat spiders, ticks, crickets and scorpions. There's a good fly population near his territory too - the last Stinkhorn Fungus came up a few feet away from his rocky hangout in my yard.
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