Reference:
http://californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/s.o.bocourtii.html
It looks like this lizard has an engorged tick on its neck.
(Guadalupe Trail)
Male/male fight: 2 well matched males battle for more than 15 minutes. I did not stay to see the end of their competition, or if either got injured. They circled each other and moved in side by side. One would bite the other's leg, or tail and the bitten lizard would spin to try to dislodge the biter. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjeVkN5rfgo
Prey to a Southern Alligator Lizard, observed on the front pathway at our house in La Crescenta, Los Angeles Co., CA.
lizard on a tree
I saw these two lizard. Sunny. Warm. Mid 70s
Found in an apartment complex under a tarp that’s been rained on all winter. Collected about 15 total, 5 babies and about 10 adults. Will be relocating them to waterman canyon
wart on bottom of foot
Found their way into the chemical sciences building.
My cat caught this lizard, and it shed its tail to save itself. Pretty interesting… Edit: no it is not dead
Observed a coast night snake (Hypsigiena ochrorhynchus) consuming a side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) on the Grotto trail within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area on April 13. I first noticed the side-blotched lizard at 3:45 pm with its head in a burrow on the side of the trail, but when I tried to pick it up it became apparent something was holding on to its head. I stayed and watched as the night snake slowly emerged form the burrow to consume its prey over the course of 45 minutes. Once finished the night snake slithered off the trail into some low shrub cover. It was no more than 12 inches long.
The photo was taken by Lisa Hatfield. Lizard survived the encounter with the young cat and was released nearby. Though it may have been injured during the encounter, and during subsequent removal.
This was found on a clear day. This lizard was unusually slow so I decided to capture it. Once I cough it, I found that it has a large partially healed cut on its leg.
Found this lizard dead in the bird cage at my grandparents house, it was stuck in the wiring and was covered in ants before we removed it. I believe that this was a male because of its prominent femoral pores & the deep blue color of the scales under the neck and on the stomach.
The lizard... Aspidoscelis tigris, maybe?
Captured western fence lizard that was too big to swallow
I hit two birds with one stone. It is a Striped Racer snake eating a lizard in front of my house.
Found this lizard in my backyard after it got caught by a cat. Weather was warm out (about 80 degrees). There was some injury to the head but it ran off after the photo.
Lizard found dead on trail
Saw this snake eating the lizard in a UCR parking lot. A car passed by and scared the snake away leaving the lizard alone after this was taken.
Baby rattlesnake eating a western side-blotched lizard
The snake was dead along with the salamander the had tried to eat it.
Was caught within the fence and I happen to walk by.
Fence lizard at the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District's Landuse Learning Center.
Two rattlesnakes wrapped around each other. 66°F
This is for the second rattlesnake. 66°F. Sycamore Canyon.
The lizard took a swim 🏊♂️
Edge of road - watched and recorded until done swallowing.
Had gotten ran over.
It was 78 degrees outside, kind of windy.
The cats had him. He was found in my house.
Found this snake in the pool. 1:36 PM
At first it was at the edge of the pool, and when my mom and I walked to the backyard, we saw the snake slither into the pool and get onto the chlorine cap. When the cap neared the edge, the snake slithered away.
At river bottom of Fisherman's Camp Trail. Ran in front of me when I was going to take a photo of another lizard. Kept going up and down and eventually showing me it's underside
I was walking along 5th Street to get to Avenue E, and I saw this lizard squished on the sidewalk. It was a cloudy morning. The weather was about 50 degrees. I did not see any active lizards nearby. Only a few pedestrians walking along the sidewalk as well.
My dog got a hold of it, but I managed to take it away.
It was 56 degrees F outside, it was sort of cloudy, but enough sun to warm the ground.
Observation and photo sent to me by S. Bidarian. Appears to be some sort of rabbit.
Found on an asphalt path, extremely lethargic. Dorsal side displays very vivid colors I haven’t seen within this species before.
Dead lizard
Went inside my house to grab something and when I came back to continue the transept I found him in my pool and got him out
2nd photo is after the spider climbed back up into the chair. Lizard is dead
Eating a western fence lizard
Observation and photos sent to me by a neighbor, Y. Jin.
I questioned further and received the additional photos and following explanation. What's neat, too, is that the Elgaria has its tail in the first photos, but then at some point, dropped the tail, and the snake also ate the drop tail once it was done with the Elgaria.
"And YES the snake won, but it took some time since the lizard did indeed bite the snake as well! Also after the snake finally swallowed the lizard, it ate the lizard's tail which had fallen off as well."
Bioluminescent Lingulodinium polyedra bloom off SIO pier. Filmed with A7S camera.
"Took this photo about a year or so ago on the Claremont wilderness hiking park, about a mile in on the Burbank side. Large rattle snake with I think a kangaroo rat in its mouth. I counted 9 rattled on its tail."
Observation and photo by David Perrin, sent to rascals@nhm.org.
Photos and observation by Zack Allen. First observed at 1912 hrs April 28 (photo 1) in bite hold but not mating; still in bite hold but appear to not be mating at 1058 hrs April 29 (photo 2); then mating at 1222 hrs (photos 3-5); third lizard observed 18 inches from pair (iNat 44307535); pair in bite hold but no longer mating at 1439 (photo 6); no lizards in area at 1445.
In house after rain under garbage can.