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Montana Rosanna Danna Las Vegas artist Montana Black learned a thing or two from lizards and decided to hang out in the rocks. 
| Sidetracked Although we never achieved the goal of this hike (to see some natural hot springs), we did manage to see and catch a heck of a lot of lizards. 
Hand Full O' Lizard
| Zebratails can grow to over 9 inches in length. 
Desert Speedster
| These are the fastest lizards in the west. 
Rocky Road
| Matt, Montana and I survey the scene. 
The Huge Bug of the Day
| Tarantula hawks are a metallic blue with orange wings. They hunt and paralyze large spiders to serve a hosts for their larvae. Tarantula hawk stings are considered to be the most painful of any North American insect. Click here to see more tarantula hawks 
Ken's Chuckwalla
| Ken seems to be catching an awful lot of lizards on this trip. I wonder who taught him how to noose them? 
Crack Lizard
| Chuckwallas (Sauromalus obesus) are the largest non-venomous lizards in the United States. Their primary defense is to go into rock crevices and inflate their bodies so they can not be extracted. 
Stonewalled
| The trail to the hot springs had some spectacular rock formations. 
Whipsmart
| I caught my first lizard of the day - a whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris). 
Pointy Head
| These lizards are related to South American tegus. As you might suspect, they are named for their long, slender tails. 
The White Stripes
| The tigris part of this lizard's latin name refers to its striped pattern. |
