Coast Horned Lizard
A backyard friend – Coast Horned Lizard 5” Body Flat; brown, gray, or sandy; crown of heavy spines on nape; rows of thick spines on back and sides; tail short, spiny. Eats ants. If captured, will inflate itself, bite, hiss, and spray blood from eye corners.
Lizard King
Last weekend we took a hike into the Los Padres National Forest for the night. Along the way we ran into this guy on the path. Pretty scary. Southern Alligator Lizard: 14”, eyes yellow, seizes small animals under objects and in bushes, can hold onto branch with tail
Matilija Dam
The Matilija Dam is a local dam that has been largely obsolete and useless. It is a man-made barrier for the now endangered Southern Steelhead Trout that would naturally migrate up the stream from the Pacific. The construction of this dam and its impact on the environment should cause us to pause and consider the … Read more
