Central Baja California Banded Rock Lizard from … central Baja California, in the rocks.

Central Baja California Banded Rock Lizard from … central Baja California, in the rocks.
A Chuckwalla surveys its vast domain, just north of the Grand Canyon. Here, these large herbivorous lizards take on a sandy, mottled color, making them harder to spot against the ground by predators flying overhead. For an observer at ground level, however, the shape of a vigilant lizards popping up from outcrops and boulders is much easier to spot.