I enjoy seeing the Collard Lizard when I am on my bike ride. There is a set of rocks at the end of a country driveway where they seem to hang out warming up quite often. This is a closer up image than usual of the female, she was rather cooperative that day. Males are a much brighter green. They are named for the colored band that goes around their neck that you can see a bit of here.
There is a spot along the Milford Lake spillway on a path where I can usually see and try to capture this particular type of lizard. I believe this is an Eastern Six Lined Racerunner. They are VERY fast moving and difficult to capture. I got lucky that this one paused long enough for some captures in a spot where I could still see it, most times they run under rocks. The males are very colorful lizards.
We have Collard Lizards in our area and there is a specific place on one of my bike routes that I see one fairly regularly. I almost forgot to look for it while out on a warm day recently so only got one shot of it playing Peek-A-Boo over the rocks it lives under. This has been about the third year that I have seen it there. I looked them up and they can live 5 to 8 years in the wild. This is, most likely, a female due to the color of it's head blending into the rock. Males are more blue-green in color.
Happy first day of August! This is another lizard that I was able to capture this year. It is a male Collared Lizard that i know where it lives so I always keep an eye out for it when bike riding in that area. I have been able to see it a couple of times this year. I captured it playing a bit of hide and seek with me behind the rocks it lays on to get warm. You can see how it gets its name with the bit of black lines visible around it's neck.
While I was working in one of my garden beds the other day, this guy ran across my hand and then kind of stopped and looked at me as if to say, what did I just run over? 😁 We kind of looked at each other and I went back to working on my plants. He stayed around, moving back and forth along the railroad tie that I have on the back part of the bed so I took a few shots of him with my phone. It is a beautiful Blue Tail Skink with a very vibrant blue tail.
This past weekend I was bike riding by the Spillway on Milford Lake. In a path down to the water's edge I spotted this lovely lizard running around. I lucked out and got a few pictures of it. It was very colorful. I am pretty sure it is a Six-Lined Racerunner. Apparently I got very lucky that it paused a couple of times to allow me to get photos because, as their name implies, they are quite quick. They are usually found in sandy soils which this was.
This is an image of a male Collared Lizard I would see while riding my bike on this one road. I have seen and shared a female from this same spot as well. The male is more green looking than the female, whose upper body was a lot more tan.
While riding my bike I have been able to see and capture a Collared Lizard. They are fairly common in my area but I don't often see them as they blend in very well. I have seen this one in the same general spot so it must live nearby. I believe this is a female as the bodies of the males are usually a much brighter green.
