You can’t live in Colorado without knowing what the altitude is, no matter where you are. It’s a law or something.
I’m at 5,000 ft. Tomorrow I’ll be at 7,500 ft going up to 12,000 ft.
You can’t live in Colorado without knowing what the altitude is, no matter where you are. It’s a law or something.
I’m at 5,000 ft. Tomorrow I’ll be at 7,500 ft going up to 12,000 ft.
enipla:
Closer to Breckenridge actually, about 12 miles south, 11,200 feet. Your out by Canon City then. Cool area. We almost bought land near Silver Cliff.
Seems odd to find a lizard in the mountains. I sure have never seen one.
I wanna live somewhere that is described by the altitude.
Ha. 600 feet.
Might I add a bravo for the pictures.
Usually this kind of question has a blurry picture, in which identifying what we are supposed to be seeing is half the challenge.
Might I add a bravo for the pictures.
Usually this kind of question has a blurry picture, in which identifying what we are supposed to be seeing is half the challenge.
I agree. If I needed to count costal grooves to ID this salamander, which is necessary for some species, these pictures would have allowed that.
Technically, there’s no such thing as a “reptile” any more
Yeah, tell that to Bob.
Looks like a newt, or baby gela monster.
Gila monsters are large desert-dwelling venomous reptiles with short chunky tails. They have scales, not smooth skin.
I’m not sure about other reptiles, but Western Fence Lizards are pretty common in the mountains up to 10,000 ft. They survive the winters by brumationas opposed to hibernation.
I grew up in the Colorado Rockies not too far from where this critter was found (7,200 feet). There were many Western Fence lizards both near our house and higher up.
I was tending the garden trying to eradicate the voles [sic for my purposes] that have recently taken up housing in the garden
For a minute there, I was looking up schedules to make sure Tennessee wasn’t playing the Buffs this weekend.
I got better.