A southern alligator lizard, Elgaria multicarinata.
It was sunning itself on railroad ballast near Hood River, Oregon, spring of 2006. Specifically, on the Hood River Railroad, along Hood River, just east of the town of Hood River.
Image: Conrad Frost, Fisheries Biologist.
I am receiving so many gorgeous pictures from you, dear readers, that I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the images and the creatures and places in them. If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image (I prefer JPG format) that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
.
- Log in to post comments
Sorry..can't resist...
"...cause the free wind is blowin through your hair And the days surround your daylight there Seasons crying no despair Alligator lizards in the air, in the air ..."
From lyrics of Ventura Highway
by
America
Clapping
Chardyspal
I just realized something. I had a dream last night that I'd gone back to Inverness, in Scotland. The redoubtable Gordon was still doing his Loch Ness Monster day tour. I'd gone in the water there, and a gator was chasing me, so I ran in zig-zags through the water, but it gained the ability to zig and zag too. But it was a small gator, so I wasn't scared. Maybe this is where that part of the dream came from.