Post #2135868

2026-04-18 03:19 UTC

#LizardReport Wow, lots of news here in the yard. Donna the iguana&#39;s new friend showed up today and took meal worms from my hand (pics). Such a cute little lizard! Then I saw another somewhat large iguana in the backyard. It ate mealworms that I threw to it but didn&#39;t quite know what to make of me and eventually sauntered off across the alley. Three iguanas in the yard! Funny thing is, I&#39;ve never seen them in the wild. I saw two little whiptails, but I was in the middle of a project and didn&#39;t have time to go get some mealworms and get their attention. One of the least scared lizards of all was the tiger whiptail last summer. I can&#39;t tell them apart, so the only way I&#39;ll know if this was the same one is if it responds to me whistling. #Lizards #Lizard #herps

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@Mikal@sfba.social 2026-04-18 03:27

#LizardReport A new little spiny lizard showed up on the low wall out front this morning. I was able to lure it pretty close with mealworms. I do the little whistle thing as soon as I meet new lizards and start taming them, so they learn to associate whistling with food. But, Stubby was on the other side of the walkway, heard me whistling and went racing past along the wall and chased the new one off. Bad Stubby. She defended her turf against the new little guy all afternoon. Little brat. Stubby is the one in the foreground and the new lizard is the one in the back in the pic. These, like Bill and Cutie (annd Harriet RIP) are Sceloporus magister, common desert spiny lizards. #Lizard #Lizards. #LizardSoapOpera

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@pussreboots@sfba.social 2026-04-18 03:22

@Mikal@sfba.social Oooo. So cute!

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@jawarajabbi@mastodon.online 2026-04-18 03:24

@Mikal@sfba.social Where are these lizards? Southwest US? Some other super hot place? I have a vivid komodo dragon memory from my few years in West Africa...

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@JizzelEtBass@kolektiva.social 2026-04-18 19:54

@Mikal@sfba.social This lizard is so cute, it warms the cockles of my heart

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