New #LizardReport is overdue.

First pic is Stubby, one of Bill's (at least) two girlfriends. She lives on the front wall by the gate and, it turns out, likes dried mealworms.

Second pic is Cutie, who lives in the cinder block wall out back.

Bill was way at the end of the neighbor's wall this morning, but came running when I whistled. He gobbled up dried mealworms, a first for him. Over the last 3 seasons, he usually turns up his nose at them, preferring live ones.

I'm guessing he's just really hungry. The lack of winter rain = little vegetation = very few insects. I hope they'll all be okay when I leave for the season.

I haven't seen Donna the iguana since yesterday.

Bill has usually been a homebody, but lately alternates between the front and back yards, the neighbor's, and somewhere down the alley.

Oh and we saw a huge gopher snake here yesterday!

#herps #lizard

#NewSpecies!
New gecko from #china just climbed in:

Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3921DF52-AC55-5A12-92EA-4F8932693E53
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.177343
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #GoniurosaurusWuzhengjuni

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #herpetology #herps #reptiles #gecko

#NewSpecies!
New horned toad from #china just jumped in:

Jingophrys zhaoermii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB4787EE-BB55-205F-2AE6-7D5E2EBAFB99
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.6
#Zootaxa #JingophrysZhaoermii

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#NewSpecies!
New giant salamander from #china just snuck in:

Andrias yaoluopingensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/57D6BDAA-02E9-56B2-BAD6-098AB62CD520
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.179377
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AndriasYaoluopingensis

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#NewSpecies!
New skink from #china just snuck in:

Scincella maerkangensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6497568B-D77A-5F1B-9868-04037FA05BFF
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.184613
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #ScincellaMaerkangensis

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Wow, this is extremely early for the Sonoran Desert toads to be out. I think it's a combination of the early season warmth we've been having and the fact that I was watering the pomegranate tree and forgot to turn the water off, so it probably soaked the ground enough that the toad thought it was the monsoon rains happening.

#herps #Toad #Amphibian #SonoranDesert #NoLickToad

#LizardReport
Oh, so much to report!
Since I've been back the last few days, I haven't seen the big light-colored spiny lizard. Bill and Cutie have been mostly in the backyard, but Bill found a new babe who just showed up on the front wall.

I'm calling her Stubby for now, since she's just starting to regrow her missing tail. She was taking mealworms from my hand after about 6 of them, so tamed up very quickly.

The big news is the my big iguana buddy just woke up from hibernation and immediately remembered me. I saw her on the wall and was able to whistle a few times and walk right up. She crawled up on my hand even.

It was 20 minutes of pure squee!!!! I love that lizard 😍

As I was feeding her, Bill showed up, so I gave him some worms too.

I saw a large-ish zebra-tailed lizard a couple days ago, but was leaving and didn't have time to either tame it or see if it was the one from last year. They're skittish. Still no whiptails in the yard.

#Lizard #herps #herpWhispering