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RE: Black Desert Horned Lizard

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Posted by: neutrino at Fri Jan 16 17:28:20 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by neutrino ]  
   

The Northern Desert Horned Lizard (dark specimen) was found

in the same area where normals were found.



The specific area had some dark shale on the ground but

didn't seem like that was the reason for the animal being

that dark. This specimen and others were found north of

Reno.I have no close-up images of the animal. I walked

black lava flows but never found any dark individuals.

I have seen as many as 40 specimens in one day but all

normals.



One interesting thing I did find were specimens in areas

were salt was present. Many specimens in those areas

had what appeared to be salt cones around their nostrils.The '

only thing I can attribute that to was while eating ants they

lapped up salt and then excreted it through their nostrils.

   

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