Urosaurus ornatus

Common little lizards in rocky areas. Generally pretty approachable and cooperative, so I end up photographing them often.

An adult male at Aguirre Spring on the east side of the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 22 Apr 2007.



A gravid female on the east side of the Pinaleño Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, 5 May 2008.



A dark adult male on the east side of the Pinaleño Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, 5 May 2008.



Distant lizard on the Grants Malpais, Cibola County, New Mexico, 27 May 2005.



An adult male west of Reserve in Catron County, New Mexico, 28 May 2005.



An adult male in Ice Canyon in the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 5 Jun 2005.



Same male, hiding behind a rock, 5 Jun 2005.



A gravide female in Ice Canyon in the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 5 Jun 2005.



An adult male in Iron Canyon on the west side of the Black Range, Grant County, New Mexico, 11 Jul 2005.



Same adult male as above, 11 Jul 2005. I'm not sure what he's doing.



A gravid female in Fillmore Canyon, west side of the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 10 Jun 2007.



An adult male on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Spring, east side of the Organ Mountains, New Mexico, 12 Apr 2007.



Same critter as above, doing pushups, 12 Apr 2007.



Same critter as above, doing pushups, 12 Apr 2007.



An adult male in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Culberson County, Texas, 14 Aug 2007.



Same critter as above, 14 Aug 2007.



An adult female in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Culberson County, Texas, 14 Aug 2007.



Same critter as above, 14 Aug 2007.



An adult female in Pueblo Canyon, San Francisco Mountains, Catron County, New Mexico, 15 Aug 2009.



Same critter as above, 15 Aug 2009.



An adult male in Pueblo Canyon, San Francisco Mountains, Catron County, New Mexico, 15 Aug 2009.



Same critter as above, 15 Aug 2009.



A small adult male in Pueblo Canyon, San Francisco Mountains, Catron County, New Mexico, 15 Aug 2009.



An adult male in Dog Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, 16 Apr 2007.



An adult male on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Spring on the east side of the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, 17 Sep 2005.



Same critter as above, 17 Sep 2005.



A juvenile at Aguirre Spring on the east side of the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 17 Sep 2006.



A subadult at Aguirre Spring, 17 Sep 2006.



An adult female in Dinosaur National Monument, Moffat County, Colorado, 18 Jun 2008.



An adult male in Dinosaur National Monument, Moffat County, Colorado, 18 Jun 2008.



Same critter as above, 18 Jun 2008.



An adult female at Dinosaur National Monument, Moffat County, Colorado, 18 Jun 2008.



A juvenile with bent tail in the floodplain below Mogollon Box, Catron County, New Mexico, 23 Sep 2009.



An adult male at Aden Crater, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 23 Sep 2009.



An adult female in the Franklin Mts., El Paso County, Texas, 12 Mar 2005.



An adult male in the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, NM, 13 Mar 2005.



An adult female in the Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, NM, 13 Mar 2005.



A subadult male in the Sierra de las Uvas, Doña Ana County, NM, 13 Mar 2005.



A subadult male in the Sierra de las Uvas, Doña Ana County, NM, 16 Apr 2005.



An adult male in the Sierra de las Uvas, Doña Ana County, NM, 16 Apr 2005.



An adult male in the Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, 6 Sep 2004.



Spot the lizard. Cochise County, Arizona, 6 Sep 2004.



Same individual as above, 6 Sep 2004.



An adult male in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, on the Aden Malpais, 20 Feb 2005.



An adult female in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, on the Aden Malpais, 20 Feb 2005.



An adult male in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, on the Aden Malpais, 20 Feb 2005.



An adult female in the Robledo Mountains, Doña Ana County, 3 Mar 2007.



An adult female in the Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 1 Sep 2007.

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