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Amazing encounter watching this lizard biting snake. Snuggled up to tire after we stopped to look. (Not stuck or driven on!) Eventually all departed separately. Lizard ran down road full speed way up on its feet.

A couple males going at it. I saw a few behaviors repeated: One lizard would turn sideways to the second, and the second would come to the side of the first, sometimes getting a hold of the first one's abdomen or rear leg. A few times I saw the one that turned sideways place its front leg underneath it. Perhaps so it couldn't be bitten? Curious that one would appear to offer its flank to other. They continued in front of me for 5-10 minutes as I stood there taking photos. They would separate, then seek each other out again, do some posturing, tussle, separate again, etc., while moving around a concrete slab and various objects on it.

This set of logs was the lizard fun zone today. I confirmed two-side spotted lizards and two western fence lizards (see one in the background of the second photo - on the left) and at least one lizard that moved too fast for me to identify.

On a hike into the Verdugo Hills, I saw a number of Side-Blotched Lizards in close proximity. I believe this one is a female. The sub-photo shows a large dark blue blotch behind the front leg from which the species derives its name.

Two Uta copulating at the base of a bush. The photos aren't great because of the vegetation blocking the view, but here's what's going on. The male Uta is biting the female Uta's neck. The female's head is mostly hidden from view behind a stem of vegetation, but you can just see her very yellow head. The male's head is partially covered in a shadow.