{"id":129376,"date":"2024-06-11T03:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=129376"},"modified":"2024-06-12T06:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T11:57:45","slug":"racerunner-lizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/06\/11\/racerunner-lizard\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-lined Racerunner Lizard!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m seeing a few lizards in my yard here in Oklahoma including this spiffy looking racerunner lizard. I don’t know which species it is yet though.<\/p>\n

\"Six-linedRacerunner lizard in the yard \u2013 Nikon D500, f11, 1\/640, ISO 1000, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I saw this lizard I ran and grabbed my camera and leaned against the porch railing to steady it. I knew I probably wouldn’t have time to run to my Jeep and grab my tripod so I made do. It worked out too!<\/p>\n

I’ve narrowed the identification down to two lizards found in this area. I believe it is either a Six-lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatus<\/em>, or Prairie Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatus<\/em> ssp. viridis. <\/em>I’ve uploaded the image to iNaturalist and I hope that someone there helps me with this racerunner identification. I am personally leaning towards Six-lined Racerunner<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong><\/span> My Six-lined Racerunner identification was confirmed on iNaturalist!<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I saw another larger lizard that looked like this one only the green was more vivid. Love those green stripes!<\/p>\n

Feel free to jump in with identification assistance if you can.<\/p>\n

It is pretty neat seeing so much wildlife right outside the backdoor here. I suspect it is because the habitat includes lots of variation in native plants and isn’t a sterile monoculture type lawn.<\/p>\n

At any rate, I am trying hard to learn about the new creatures I am seeing. It is time to unpack some of my guide books!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my reptile and amphibian images in their galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m seeing a few lizards in my yard here in south central Oklahoma including this spiffy looking racerunner lizard. I don’t know which species it is yet though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15134,13973,15180,99],"tags":[15165,14165,14164,15171,14021,15168,15169,13136,15170,15164,165],"class_list":["post-129376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marshall-county","category-oklahoma","category-six-lined-racerunners","category-wildlife","tag-aspidoscelis-sexlineatus","tag-lizard","tag-lizards","tag-marshall-county","tag-oklahoma","tag-racerunner","tag-racerunners","tag-reptiles","tag-sandy-area","tag-six-lined-racerunner","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t