Rewilding My Lot

Last year I started to see Common Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) lizards in the garden. I don’t know how many there were, but I would only ever see one at a time. I have had several sightings this spring as well. I’ve never been able to get close enough to determine whether male or female.

One sunny afternoon I was walking to the back of the garden to check on something when I spotted movement, which turned out to be a whiptail. We both stopped and looked at each other, which was when I realized that there was a second whiptail nearby. In the photo below, the first whiptail that I saw is the upper one.

Then I moved, as did the original lizard, at which point I saw that it was now next to a third one. Here they are.

At that point I decided to move away and leave them all to whatever it was they were doing.

Common Spotted Whiptails live in a variety of habitats, especially near a water source. They are highly active and eat insects.