Lizard wall

There is a nice warm brick wall at Durant Park.  The lizards come out whenever there's sun.

These guys look like they're playing follow the leader.

These two just wanted to laze around.

They're green anoles, even if they aren't green.  (see here)

 

Watchful eyes

While I was checking out the rock garden, this little lizard was checking me out.

 

Anole

He stopped to look at us, turned from brown to green, and scurried off.

 

Blue belly

 

This gentleman is an Eastern Fence Lizard.  (see here)  He was well camoflaged  against the cement curb, until I saw is bright blue belly.  He watched me with suspicious eyes and then scampered off.

Friends

I think they're Broad headed skinks, see here.   They seem to be friends.

Camo Lizard

This lizard was really well camouflaged.

He blended right in with the vine he was climbing on.

Ms. Anole returns

She was NOT happy with me.  I followed her across the driveway, into the holly hedge with my camera.  She scampered along flashing her dewlap.  She was brown on the driveway, and started to become more green on the holly.  She's a she, because she has a pinkish dewlap, and a white stripe on her back. See here.

But who's counting?

This little guy is a five-lined skink.  The blue tail tells you that he's a young skink.  (more info here)This one hides under the siding of our house.  I'm hoping he likes to eat mosquitos.

Anole

This long tailed visitor was in our bushes.  She posed for quite a while for me.  

I know she's a she, because only the females have a white stripe. They are native to the south, so she could be a native.  Or she's an escapee since a lot of people keep them as pets.

Lizard in the Holly bush

This little lizard has been hanging around the yard, now I found him in my garden.  He jumped from my peas to the holly bush behind.  He didn't seem to mind all of the prickles on the leaves.

Tree Lizard???

Yet another garden sculpture.  It was a little bit creepy noticing it for the first time on the bark of the tree.  I know we have quite a few reptiles here in North Carolina, but this guy looks pretty big.

Lizard

This guy was sunning himself on the side of our house.  I think he might live in the crack next to him.   I hope he eats a lot of bugs.  

Lizard wall Durant Nature Center

Lizards bask on the sunny wall at Durant Nature Park.  Nearly every day you can find them sitting on the wall in the sun.  I took this picture of the one lizard and didn't see the other until I enlarged the picture.