[meteorite-list] Horned lizards at Franconia

Bill Southern Nugget-Shooter at direcway.com
Fri Apr 22 23:05:06 EDT 2005


Yes I am, Its very hard not to spend allot of time learning about the desert 
environment when you spend countless hours in it :) Meteorites, gold, 
critters, and more, it is like an amusement park for the soul :):)

Bill S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
To: "Bill Southern" <Nugget-Shooter at direcway.com>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Horned lizards at Franconia


> You into wildlife or reptiles?  My daughter and I have a Nile monitor,
> gopher snake,  Ball python, Chilean rose hair Tarantula and a few dozen
> fish. Normally, I would have a falcon around too, but not at the moment.
>  )
> Thanks, Tom
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Southern" <Nugget-Shooter at direcway.com>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Horned lizards at Franconia
>
>
>> You are absolutely correct on the Horned Lizard and I also have come
> across
>> this species in the same area. Another one of my hobbies.... Desert 
>> Iguana
>> (Dispsosaurus dorsalis) is also fairly common in the area and will let 
>> you
>> walk right up on them... Guess I'm a little off topic, but there were
> after
>> all meteorites there :)
>>
>> Bill S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
>> To: <MexicoDoug at aol.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 6:10 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Horned lizards at Franconia
>>
>>
>> > Earlier, Doug wrote:
>> >
>> >> The Phrynosoma (horned toad) looks like it could be P. mcallii (It
> would
>> >> be helpful to alert Fish and Game in Arizona if it were -  one nice
>> >> thing meteorite hunters could do as a favor to wildlife conservation
>> >> efforts generally speaking and get some positive press on 
>> >> opportunity.)
>> >> If it were mcallii that would be one of the most northernmost recent
>> >> records, and that species is protected and needs to be left alone at
>> >> all times in Arizona.
>> >
>> > I've checked my horned lizard pictures from Franconia and it's
> definitely
>> > P. mcallii.  The elongate sharp occipital horns are distinctive, as is
>> > the flat, broad tail.  --Rob
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