@I_Fart_Glitter to Nature's Patterns - the beauty in the details • edit-21 year agoWestern fence lizard, on a fence. (Sceloporus occidentalis)imagemessage-square3arrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1imageWestern fence lizard, on a fence. (Sceloporus occidentalis)@I_Fart_Glitter to Nature's Patterns - the beauty in the details • edit-21 year agomessage-square3
minus-square@MoonshineDegreaserlink4•1 year agoI learned something today: Sceloporus occidentalis literally translates to spiny lizard of the western (occident) world. This is how the Western Fence Lizard got its name!
I learned something today:
Sceloporus occidentalis literally translates to spiny lizard of the western (occident) world. This is how the Western Fence Lizard got its name!
Well now I’ve learned something too!
Neat! Edited to add his Latin name.