Surprisingly beautiful Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ lizards Jan 24, 2018 Jan 24, 2018 Updated Apr 16, 2018 Readers and Star staffers have shared lizard photos. Lizard Joseph Olexa took this photo of a lizard along Magee Road near La Canada in 2015. Joseph Olexa Lizard Jackie Austin snapped this shot of a baby gecko at about 5 a.m. Lizard The dance of the Sonoran Titans! - from William Ferguson Lizard This was on my front walk. Bunny Mooney Lizard Devin Johnson took this photo of a horny toad lizard up on Mount Lemmon on 7/22/2015. Lizard "This Gila monster showed up every spring in our backyard and was very accommodating for a photo op. I shot this with my Canon Rebel xs using 250mm zoom so no danger of being too close. I was able to get several great shots while he continued to hang out." - submitted by Janice Fletcher, July 9, 2015. Lizard Janice Fletcher took this photo in June 2015 in the Madera foothills area. Lizard Janice Fletcher submitted this photo. Lizard The dance of the Sonoran Titans! - from William Ferguson Lizard Photo sent in by Jonlyn Lizard One of the bushes at Burger King on St Mary's & I-10 - sent anonymously. Lizard Chuck Ferrara took this photo of a lizard on the Tanque Verde Ridge Trail in Saguaro National Park-East in March 2015. Submitted by Chuck Ferrara Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Gila monsters Chuck Ferrara took this photo of a Gila monster, a poisonous lizard, on the Tanque Verde Ridge Trail in Saguaro National Park-East in March 2015. Submitted by Chuck Ferrara Lizard Greater Earless Lizard at Sabino Canyon from Irwin and Jeri Saldinger. Lizard Irwin and Jeri Saldinger found this lizard in Oro Valley. Lizard John McGinley photographed this big lizard. Lizard John McGinley spotted this big lizard. Lizard Irwin and Jeri Saldinger snapped this photograph at the visitor center at Ramsey Canyon. Lizard Randall Crowley photographed these two desert spiny lizards in the Tortolita Mountains. Lizard Irwin and Jeri Saldinger sent this photo of a lizard in Oro Valley. Lizard Collared lizard taken at Saguaro National Park East from Irwin and Jeri Saldinger. Lizard Madrean Alligator Lizard photographed in the Catalina Mountains in June 2015. Photographed by Christopher Allison Christopher Allison Lizard Cynthia Jones caught her Round tail horned lizard trying to send a text message on her cell phone. If you have an interesting photo to share, send it to eds@tucson.com Photo courtesy of Cynthia Jones Lizard Ginny Moss Rothwell submitted this photo: "My Desert Spiny Lizard friend I call Marco comes running when I call him and I look forward to his enthusiastic response. He has been a great model for my photographs and an inspiration for my mosaics and artwork." Submitted by Ginny Moss Rothwell Lizard This lizard was crawling down the side of one of the trees at the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Botanical Gardens on June 20, 2013. Benjie Sanders/ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Daily Sta Lizard Photo shows a giant spotted whiptail lizard. Courtesy of Larry Jones, Coronado National Forest. Larry Jones, Coronado National Forest. Lizard Jim Staples wrote in May 2006: This is a female collard lizard that comes to my back door every day to get fed. I have a pet Gecko lizard that I always have crickets to feed to, so I give some to the collared lizard. I live out by Sabino High School and took it yesterday. Submitted by Jim Staples Lizard Loretta Hall of Oro Valley submitted this photo from June 2, 2005: On a hike to the Romero Pools in Catalina State Park, I came across this beautiful lizard sitting on a rock right next to the trail. Apparently, he turns this beautiful color in the Spring for attracting a mate. Submitted by Loretta Hall Lizard A Greater Earless lizard suns itself on the dirt at the Audubon Mason Center on May 1st, 2008. Jim Davis / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ 2008 Lizard Joel Smith caught this small lizard basking in the sun in the Dragoon Mountains. Submitted by Joel Smith Lizard A photo of this desert spiny lizard was taken by Wally Jacobson in July, 2003 as his wife Linda Jacobson hand feed the lizard, which appeared at sunset at her backdoor. Submitted by Wally Jacobson Lizard Karl F. Scholz photographed a two-foot-long lizard on a buckhorn cactus plant in the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Mountains in 2006. Submitted by Karl F. Scholz Lizard Dennis Caldwell photographed this Ornate Tree Lizard on wood pile in his backyard in 2009. Submitted by Dennis Caldwell Lizard An Ornate Tree Lizard on a brick wall in back yard of Dennis Caldwell in 2008. Submitted by Dennis Caldwell Lizard A desert spiny Lizard on a cholla cactus in Dennis Caldwell's backyard in 2008. Submitted by Dennis Caldwell Lizard On a warm afternoon in March 2013, this lizard wandered along a branch of the Great Mesquite Tree at the Roy P. Drachman-Agua Caliente Park. A.E. Araiza / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard Ornate tree lizard, which is declining rapidly at Saguaro National Park-East. Submitted October 2010. Submitted Photo Lizard A zebra-tailed lizard. Submitted in October 2010 by Cecil Schwalbe Submitted by Cecil Schwalbe Lizard Regal horned lizard. Submitted in October 2010 by Cecil Schwalbe. Submitted by Cecil Schwalbe Lizard Long-tailed brush lizard. Submitted in October 2010 by Cecil Schwalbe. Submitted by Cecil Schwalbe Lizard  A Sonoran spotted whiptail lizard is almost caught by a special noose made of dental floss during the Sonoran Deserts Kids Club's "Leapin' Lizards" presentation at Agua Caliente Regional Park in April 2008. Greg Bryan / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard This lizard appears to be enjoying the jasmine from his perch on a wall in Judy Moses' yard. Moses took the photo in May 2010. Submitted by Judy Mose. Submitted by Judy Mose Lizard A Gila monster scurries off after being released April 25th, 2002 by William B. Hale Jr.  who caught the lizard in a neighbors yard and released it unharmed in a desert area nearby. The Gila monster is the only poisonous lizard in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. James Davis / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard Debbie Angel took this photo in June 2012 and wrote: "My dogs chased a huge lizard up the mesquite tree and he stayed on one of the upper branches for about a half hour while I shot photographs and then he fell to the ground and found his way through the chain-link fence before the dogs could get to him." Submitted by Debbie Angel Lizard Pat Tiefenbach photographed this foot-long collared lizard in May 2005. She wrote that the lizard sunned himself every morning on the rocks near a waterfall. "It took me days of sneaking around to get close enough to snap this photo without the lizard scrambling for cover." Submitted by Pat Tiefenbach Lizards Look closely for the lizard that blends into the background of its environment at Tohono Chul Park on May 8, 2015. Ron Medvescek / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard Jane McCutchen took this photo. Anyone know what kind of lizard this is? Submitted by Jane McCutchen Lizard Colossal Cave Mountain Park education coordinator Lauren Hohl holds up a zebra tail lizard during the Reptiles of Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ informational event at Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. 1st Ave., on June 25, 2014. Mike Christy / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard Colossal Cave Mountain Park education coordinator Lauren Hohl holds up a lesser earless lizard during the Reptiles of Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ informational event at Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. 1st Ave., on June 25, 2014. Mike Christy / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard A collared lizard basks in the early morning sun light on Blackett's ridge in the Sabino Canyon area on May 15, 1999. James S. Wood / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ 1999 Lizard Star photographer Max Becherer found this lizard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in 2003. He was a permanent resident of the cement barricades protecting and the compound where personnel are deployed. The lizard lived under the crevasse of the barrier. Max Becherer / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ 2003 Lizard A lizard is well camouflaged in a woodland along the Carrie Nation Trail in Madera Canyon south of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. Doug Kreutz / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard A lizard finds a perch on a log along the Carrie Nation Trail in Madera Canyon south of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. Doug Kreutz / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard A zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides) perches on a rock near the Signal Hill Picnic Area at the Saguaro National Park, West, The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Mountain District (TMD) in Unincorporated Pima County west of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. Photo taken April 3, 2015. Ron Medvescek / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Lizard Regal horned lizard are among some of the species that are commonly effected by people picking up wildlife, bringing it home, etc. Photo courtesy of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Game and Fish Department. George Andrejko / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Game and Fish Lizard A Desert Spiny Lizard (sceloporus magister ) warms up in the morning sun Wednesday, July 3rd, 2002 on a patio at Tohono Chul Park. Jim Davis / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ 2002 Lizard Handout photo of an eastern collared lizard. Photo courtesy of Larry Jones, Coronado National Forest Larry Jones, Coronado National Forest Lizard A Spiny we rescued from a bucket after a monsoon rain — he's drying out on my shoulder in the photo. Courtesy of Katherine Poulsen Lizard Our iguana - Sobe - at the door. Katherine Poulsen Lizard A colorful Collared Lizard that was seen on a hike in Sabino Canyon - his green back was very eye-catching. Katherine Poulsen Lizard Horned Toad of some kind, well-camouflaged, from a hike in Madera Canyon. Katherine Poulsen Lizard Greater Earless Lizard. Katherine Poulsen Lizard Greater Earless Lizard. Katherine Poulsen Lizard A Spiny sitting at a plant stand. Katherine Poulsen Lizard Taken in Vail at the property of the photographer's father, Fernando G. Castillo. Karla Sofia Osuna-Delgadillo Lizard Desert Spiny Lizard in Palo Verde flower petals at Tohono Chul in May 2012. Marti Canipe Lizard Taken northwest of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ on my driveway. Johanna Eubank Lizard Madrean Alligator Lizard photographed in the Catalina Mountains in June 2015. Photographed by Christopher AllisonProcessed with PICSPLAY Christopher Allison Lizards in the garage Taken on a driveway northwest of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥. Johanna Eubank / ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ What do they eat? Gila monsters eat newborn rodents, rabbits and hares, ground nesting birds and lizards, and eggs from birds, snakes and tortoises. A Gila monster may feed only a few times a year, but one good stuffing can last a whole year. Adults are capable of consuming 35 percent of their body weight in a single feeding. 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