For spring break I took a trip to Sedona, AZ. Although the weather was somewhat chilly (think 45-55 degrees Celsius), there were these small lizards everywhere! They were on boulders and trees close to a stream behind our resort. Most of them would scurry off pretty quickly, but the first one I saw stayed pretty still and would raise up onto his toe tips so he looked bigger when I got close (I'm assuming it was a defense mechanism...). We decided that these lizards I saw everywhere were probably tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus, one of the most common and widespread lizards in Arizona. It occupies a pretty wide geographic range, residing in places at sea level up to about 9000' above sea level.
-Lindsey Stewart, TN
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