One morning awhile back I spent the afternoon sitting behind a wall just North of Congress, Arizona, and watched the Greater Earless Lizards (Cophosaurus texanus) in great tumult over a female. Over the course of an hour or so, many males came, danced, and were either driven off or just ran away in apparent frustration. The males can be wonderfully colorful, and they brought their best that morning.
Greater Earless Lizards
Cophosaurus texanus, mating behavior
Greater Earless Lizards in Love
Finally someone made a move. Sorry for the blurry crap photo.
Lizard Porn
Oh, and the title of this post is from the album I’m listening to right now, The Hazards of Love
by the Decemberists. Fitting, so there it goes.
Tags: Behavior, Cophosaurus texanus, Field Herping, greater earless lizard, mating
