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**Lucas C. Wheeler** @lcwheeler@ecoevo.social · 3d *

Lucas C. Wheeler @lcwheeler@ecoevo.social

First Front Range lizard of the year. Prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) enjoying some sunshine two days after heavy snowfall at Walker Ranch open space park near Boulder. #naturephotography #LizardsOfMastodon #herpetology #Colorado #naturalist

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**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · 4d

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

The kid asked for a design of Jerry holding a blueberry, and while I was looking for a photo for that I found another good yawn pic. Now I need to decide which of these four designs to actually turn into t-shirts for me and the kid.

Preview image of a t-shirt design featuring a photo of a blue tongue skink holding a blueberry in its mouth.

Preview image of a t-shirt design featuring the head and front leg of a blue tongue skink yawning.

#LizardPosting #LizardCouture #LizardsOfMastodon

**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · 6d

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

I reckon it's time to refresh and extend my personal collection of lizard couture. I've knocked together a couple of new designs using some more recent photos of Jerry.

Preview image of a custom t-shirt design, featuring a photo of a blue tongue skink yawning, and the words "blue" and "tongue"

Preview image of a custom t-shirt design, featuring a photo of a blue tongue skink with its tongue sticking out, and the words "blue" and "tongue"

#LizardPosting #LizardCouture #Lizard

**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Apr 12

Apr 12

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

When Jerry is out of his enclosure pretty much the only thing that will stop him constantly trying to wander off to find a nook and/or cranny to hide in is his fleece guinea pig bed. He will, sometimes, just hang out in there, and he may even accept some chin scritches while he's doing so.

Photo of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink poking his head out of the round opening of a cube shaped guinea pig bed made of fleece material.

Close up photo of the face and tail of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink poking out of a guinea pig bed made of fleece material. A person's hand is next to the skink, rubbing its chin with a thumb.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon

**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Apr 10

Apr 10

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

An overdue return to #LizardPosting: I spotted this adorable baby water dragon on my way to get lunch a short while ago.

Photo of a small Eastern Water Dragon with unusually rusty colouration sitting on top of a low retaining wall.

#LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard

**aphex twink** @peregrinator@toot.cat · Apr 6 *

Apr 6 *

aphex twink @peregrinator@toot.cat

a garden lizard Calotes versicolor sitting pretty. this one's possible a male owing to the spines on the back. took this photo exactly 8 years back, yesterday.

#Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Herpetofauna

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**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Apr 5

Apr 5

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

Gently evicting a tiny lizard from our rental house. They were very chill about it.

Photo of a tiny lizard lying across two fingers of a person's outstretched hand.

Photo of a tiny lizard laying across two fingers of a person's outstretched hand.

#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon

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**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Mar 30

Mar 30

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

I spotted lizards in the garden during a break in the rain so I got my Proper Camera and Long Lens out and did a photo shoot session with the 3-legged water skink, who was a very obliging model.

Its tail continues to regrow, but seems to be coming in with a bit of a kink at the transition. In lizards that can drop and regrow their tail the regrown tails always do look different, often having different colouration and lacking pattern, and they are usually shorter and stubbier than the original.

It seems like most of the adult water skinks that I see have a regrown tail. Being a medium sized lizard in a world full of birds and cats can be tough.

Photo of an Eastern Water Skink on concrete paving slabs, seen from the front left of the lizard. Its has a partially regrown tail, noticeable because it doesn't have the patterns of the rest of the lizard.

Photo of an Eastern Water Skink on concrete paving slabs, seen from the front right of the lizard. Its rear right leg is missing, there is just a small stump where it was.

Photo of an Eastern Water Skink on concrete paving slabs, seen from above and right. Its rear right leg is missing, there is just a small stump where it was.

Closeup photo of an Easter Water Skink from the right side.

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**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Mar 26

Mar 26

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

This little skink turned up in our dining room this evening, so I scooped them up and released them outside. I'm fairly sure this is a Weasel Skink (Saproscinus mustelinus), and I'm also fairly sure I've had to do exactly the same thing with a skink of the same species that appeared in the same room before.

Side in photo of a small brown skink in a plastic container.

Photo from above of a small brown skink.

Photo of a small brown skink bending its body so that its head is next to its tail.

Photo of a page from the book "A Field Guide to Reptiles of New South Wales", describing the Weasel Skink.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon

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**Jeri Dansky** @jeridansky · Mar 24

Mar 24

Jeri Dansky @jeridansky

@BobHorowitz Aww, an entry for #LizardsOfMastodon.

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**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Mar 22 *

Mar 22 *

Anthony Horton @spacelizard@aus.social

When I was done with the gardening I saw the three-legged water skink, along with a four legged companion, checking out the small blue plastic plate that I used to feed them 4 weeks ago. They clearly remembered that last time the big human made an awful racket in the yard dog food appeared on that blue plate afterwards, and so as soon as I sat down they came out of hiding to check the plate.

Not wanting to leave them disappointed I went inside to get them something, and returned with some canned superworms. The two of them made a feast of those, and even had a Lady & the Tramp moment when they both tried to eat the same one.

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