Thread by @jenylamb

Watched this male prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) visually defend his territory with head bobs and push ups. The area in my mom’s garden was at least 10 m long and contained 2+ females, which were in turn displaying to one another. 1/n

Female #lizards in the male’s territory 2/n

While all this is going on between the Young and the Restless lizards, another #squamate , a southern black racer (Coluber constrictor priapus) slipped into the garden.

I attempted a capture, but no shoes = no luck (and somehow will probably = poison ivy 😆) 3/3