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Uma notata
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
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Photographer: William Flaxington
ID: 0000 0000 0504 0804 (2004-05-25)Copyright © 2008 William Flaxington
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo May 16, 2004
latitude 32.72560 longitude -114.86478 max error distance 6215 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GeoLocatelocation
Buttercup Campground, Algodones Dunes (Imperial County, California, US)notes Two detected about sand dune. First specimen disappeared into sand behind bush. When dragging fingers through sand to find the buried individual it was gently touched, yet suddenly bolted from the sand and ran off into the surrounding desert. A second individual spotted on barren dune descended into a red ant nest. This caused the ants to attack the lizard, and the lizard emerged from the ant nest covered with stinging ants. Apparently, the attack by the ants paralyzed the lizard so, that it was simply picked up. The ants where quickly removed, and the lizard recovered and was released.photo category: Animal - Reptile
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Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard (ITIS )
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard (photographer)
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