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Several species of collared lizards in the genus Crotaphytus inhabit the warm regions of western North America; this one is the Great Basin collared lizard, C. bicinctores (another page shows the eastern collared lizard, C. collaris). All species of collared lizards are large, fast (they can run on their hind legs at high speed), colorful, and alert -- so a long lens is useful for getting close-ups. They feed on smaller lizards and invertebrates, watching from rocks or other lookout points. These photos of a particularly confiding brightly-colored male male and a much more subdued female were taken on a warm spring day in Joshua Tree National Park in the California desert. |
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