The author of California Snakes and How to Find Them invites budding reptile enthusiasts into a wonderland of lizards.
Lizards: they are cute, endearing, and mind-bogglingly diverse, and yet they are so easy to overlook among California’s natural abundance. Start watching them, though, and a wonderland of lizard life appears. In California Lizards and How to Find Them, lizard lover Emily Taylor profiles over 60 native and introduced species, from California's iconic Western Fence Lizard to the adorable Desert Iguana to the chonky Ringed Wall Gecko. With her expert knowledge and joyous, laugh-out-loud writing, Taylor provides tips for finding, watching, and responsibly catching lizards. She offers absorbing insights on lizard evolution, and she explains the toll of invasive lizard species on California's ecosystems. Featuring more than 100 full-color photographs, and designed for easy use in everyday life, this is the ideal guide for budding reptile enthusiasts and longtime naturalists alike.
Preface
Introduction
Lizards in Wonderland: Why California Has So Many Lizards
What are Lizards?
A Tale of Two Lizards
How to Find and Watch Lizards in California
Catching Lizards: A Cautionary "Tail"
Family Anguidae
Northern Alligator Lizard
Southern Alligator Lizard
Panamint Alligator Lizard
Family Anniellidae
Legless Lizards
Family Chamaeleonidae
Jackson’s Chameleon
Family Crotaphytidae
Great Basin Collared Lizard
Baja California Collared Lizard
Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
Long-nosed and Cope’s Leopard Lizards
Family Dactyloidae
Green Anole
Brown Anole
Family Eublepharidae
Switak’s Banded Gecko
Western Banded Gecko
Family Gekkonidae
Rough-tailed Bowfoot Gecko
House Geckos
Family Helodermatidae
Gila Monster
Family Iguanidae
Desert Iguana
Common Chuckwalla
Family Lacertidae
Italian Wall Lizard
Family Phrynosomatidae
Zebra-tailed Lizard
Banded Rock Lizard
Coast Horned Lizard
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard
Desert Horned Lizard
Common Sagebrush Lizard
Desert Spiny Lizard
Fence Lizards
Granite Spiny Lizard
Fringe-toed Lizards
Brush Lizards
Ornate Tree Lizard
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Family Phyllodactylidae
Peninsula Leaf-toed Gecko
Wall Geckos
Family Scincidae
Ocellated Skink
Gilbert’s Skink
Western Skink
Family Teiidae
Orange-throated Whiptail
Non-native Whiptails
Western Whiptail
Family Xantusiidae
Sandstone and Granite Night Lizards
Island Night Lizard
Desert Night Lizard and Relatives
Acknowledgments
Recommended Further Reading
About the Author
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