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On my mountain boomer site, I discuss a little background on the term "mountain boomer." I know it's applied to collared lizards, red squirrels, some sort of animal in the Pacific NW, and some people. However, this past weekend I was talking with one of my new neighbors and asked if he'd seen any mountain boomers in these parts. He said he had, but when I asked him for a description, he described Texas spiny lizards (big, grey, lived in trees).

I'd never heard of any other lizards besides C. collaris being called "mountain boomers." Anyone else?
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Chris McMartin
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I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

from the plumber who put in a new water heater for me. When he saw my collareds, he started telling me about when his son was younger. They would go to a nearby lake to fish "but when he heard the mountain boomers calling he would ask if he could go try to catch one instead of fishing." Anyway, I could not convince him that I had never heard the lizards make any such sound, nor had the people here on the forum. I told him mine snorted occasionally, clearing salt. And Otis hissed at me like a snake when he was captured. Anyway, the man left here convinced my lizards were all just shy or mutes..hahahaha.
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Valerie

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