"Please see attached for photos of various whiptails found in Irvine, CA. These were first found in May of last year when my coworkers and I mistakenly identified them from afar as orange-throated whiptails, noting the oddness of the habitat (typical business lot with typical ornamental veg). I observed two different lizards last year.
"I then found them again in late April of this year after a year-long lull and tentatively identified them as Sonoran spotted whiptails. There is a population of at least four lizards if not more.
"They stay in the same general part of the parking lot and I see them often when I come outside walking on the asphalt or through the planters. They do not seem to care all that much if it sunny or overcast."
Observation and photos by Ryan Winkleman, sent to rascals@nhm.org.
