8 August 2011
Horned lizard
Posted by Callan
Here’s a cute little feller that we spotted in the Green River Basin of Wyoming last week, whilst checking out the Green River Formation oil shales at the White Mountain escarpment, as well as adjacent Boar’s Tusk volcanic neck and distant Killpecker Dunes.
Though sometimes called “horny toads” (I myself am fond of this name), it’s not really a toad. It’s a lizard.
Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is particularly interested in structural geology and the evolution of the Appalachian mountain belt. Callan draws cartoons and writes for EARTH magazine. He lives in the Fort Valley of Virginia.
Tom said on 9 August 2011
Nice find. That is some good camouflage.