Since I have been the recipient so of many gifts of lizards from Butzie, I decided to look up our local (Contra Costa) lizards. Butzie's favorite gift is Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii , or Coast Range Fence Lizard. This is the lizard:
http://www.californiaherps.com/lizar...bocourtii.html
Luckily, I have been able to release all of them that she has brought in so far.
Then, the other day, she brought in a Batrachoseps attenuatus a CA slender Salamander.
http://www.californiaherps.com/salam...ttenuatus.html
She must have thought that I wanted variety.
I told her that they were too fast for me and to stick to the lizards.
http://www.californiaherps.com/lizar...bocourtii.html
Luckily, I have been able to release all of them that she has brought in so far.
Then, the other day, she brought in a Batrachoseps attenuatus a CA slender Salamander.
http://www.californiaherps.com/salam...ttenuatus.html
She must have thought that I wanted variety.