Thursday, July 6, 2017

Name that critter.

First time I have noticed one of these at TFL.  Do you know what it is? Note: proper identification includes being age specific... 79,90,73,0,W
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20 comments:

  1. Marlin AndrusJuly 6, 2017 at 6:46 PM

    Young blue tailed skink

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  2. UnknownJuly 6, 2017 at 6:48 PM

    Blue-tailed skink. Lucky you!!

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  3. Marlin AndrusJuly 6, 2017 at 6:55 PM

    That's wrong. It's a beldings orange-throates whiptail.

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  4. Marlin AndrusJuly 6, 2017 at 6:57 PM

    Throated whiptail young one

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  5. JenneJuly 6, 2017 at 6:58 PM

    It's a whiptail lizard, I thought it was a Sonoran but Beldings Orange Throated whiptail sounds right. At any rate, not a skink.

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  6. JanetJuly 6, 2017 at 7:21 PM

    The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). The blue tail is a juvenile. The adults have a red head and throat.

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  7. RoadJuly 6, 2017 at 8:26 PM

    The rare Chihuahuan blue-tailed kitchen cleaner, not yet a teen, or he woulda left more of a mess. . .

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  8. John WellsJuly 6, 2017 at 8:31 PM

    My bets are on a juvenile Laredo Striped Whiptail...the only species that looks like this that is endemic to this area.

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  9. JanetJuly 6, 2017 at 8:42 PM

    Yeah. I checked out the five-lined skink and they said they were only in Connecticut.

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  10. remmijJuly 6, 2017 at 8:48 PM

    … given the number of stripes and your location, this is my guess… has the blue coloration as a juvenile (see photo) seems unusual - outside its normal range a bit…
    Arizona Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis arizonae)
    Arizona Striped Whiptail SERP

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  11. Billy BobJuly 6, 2017 at 9:01 PM

    How about Pat for its name.

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  12. remmijJuly 6, 2017 at 9:08 PM

    other contenders:
    Little striped whiptailsee description
    some NM variants
    a different blue that would make him blue…

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  13. remmijJuly 6, 2017 at 10:09 PM

    multiple pics, 7 stripes, BUT supposedly they are found only in Graham and Cochise counties in southeastern Arizona
    …and in declining numbers there… they seem to like centipedes to snack on.

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  14. Margery BilldJuly 6, 2017 at 10:25 PM

    I never saw anything like it. Film it moving and put it on UTube. You might make a bundle.

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  15. Margery BilldJuly 7, 2017 at 12:27 AM

    That lizard is so beautiful and unique.

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  16. John WellsJuly 7, 2017 at 9:26 AM

    I think the winner is...Trans-Pecos Striped Whiptail. http://www.californiaherps.com/noncal/misc/misclizards/pages/a.i.heptagramma.html

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  17. RandyJuly 7, 2017 at 9:54 AM

    5 striped lizard

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  18. pamitJuly 7, 2017 at 4:58 PM

    yep, it's a lizard :-)

    Wonder why you haven't seen these before. Herps of TX says they are diurnal.

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  19. back2pathJuly 9, 2017 at 1:27 PM

    In Carolina they call them a scorpion, I know, I know!!!!

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