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A pretty lizard in the process of shedding its skin visited our patio today, and my wife took some pictures.

#lizards
#reptiles
#nature

A lizard, perched on the top of the back of a plastic lawn chair. The lizard is green from nose tip to tail. The lizard has expanded its throat sac, which is orange-reddish with tiny white protuberances. The lizard is shedding its skin, and so it appears to be partly shrouded in a thin white linen-like material. But the material is skin. The lizard is perched on the back of a lawn chair, which is gray and shows three straps arranged vertically in this tightly cropped image. The out-of-focus background is olive-green.

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A lizard, perched on the top of the back of a plastic lawn chair. The lizard is green from nose tip to tail. The lizard has a throat sac but it is not expanded and just looks like a reddish area in this image. The lizard is shedding its skin, and so it appears to be partly shrouded in a thin white linen-like material. But the material is skin. The lizard is perched on the back of a lawn chair, which is gray and shows three straps arranged vertically in this tightly cropped image. The out-of-focus background is olive-green.

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1y

I’m going in!

I have Northern Watersnake friends that live on, and in, my stacked firewood. We’re neighbors you could say.

But now we have a contractor who is building a new awning and I need to temporarily relocate some of the wood. I’m going to have to squeeze my way in there.

Of course the snakes will think this is hilarious.

Wish me luck. 😆

#SnakesOnMyFirewood #Snakes #Reptiles #Wildlife

Parts of two stacks of firewood are pictured, the front one a bit lower than the back. They are both stacked near a shed. Auto the front stack, a Northern Watersnake is curled up with its face looking at me. On the back row is a second snake entangled in the wood. Both snakes are medium-sized about 2+ feet long and have gray and reddish triangular patterns.

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Looking straight at the side edge of two stacks of firewood. Each is under a shed awning and sitting on wood pallets. They are only separated by about 18 inches, enough for me to squeeze in if I need to. At the lower side of the left stack is a Northern Watersnake, about 2 feet long, sunning itself near the opening.

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Closeup of a Northern Watersnake stretched out and lounging over a few pieces of firewood which are stacked. The snake has gray and reddish triangular patterns. It is 2+ feet in length.

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