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This large lizard has a very restricted range in the US: it occurs only in steep-sided rocky canyons in the Coachella Valley and nearby desert areas. They spend most of their time clinging to near-vertical rock faces, as in some of these pictures. I photographed these in Deep Canyon, a University of California research station near Palm Desert, California. It was hard to get a good picture because of the harsh midday light (these lizards don't seem to come out until the sun is high in the sky). |
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