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Near an area with piled loose rocks, dead tree trunks, fallen logs, bay trees, ferns, damp soil and depressions created at the base of a bay tree where a main trunk had long ago broken off.

Near a depression created at the base of a bay tree where a main trunk had long ago broken off. One other found less than a foot away.

two alligator lizards found in a pot while gardening. shedding.

The difference between the desert cottontail and brush rabbit definitely stand out when they are side by side. :)

Struck at me while I was trying to photograph

Ten feet away. Too cold to care we were there.

Was moving across the trail that was flooded and flowing slowly. Didn't seem able/willing to fly. Put it on a manzanita bush after pictures.

Lot going on here.

Found on the middle of a trail. Appears that someone had stepped on it. It was still alive when I found it.

Found this dead in creek. Not sure what species it is.

Emaciated and covered in warts, mouth partially open, clearly unheathy. Found immediately adjacent to (under the same log) completely smooth skinned, healthy adult.

Three individuals. Left appears to be adult, middle likely juvenile, right possibly juvenile.

Update on 1/27/2020:
The habitat was a wooded riparian strip along a levee adjacent to agricultural fields at the edge of the Sacramento Bypass Wildlife Area.

Three photos have been added

Could be a yellow morph of C. elegans - given range and deep yellow coloration of C. monophyllus that's probably what this is.

Best spot in the park.

Two days apart.

Dead with rodent tail hanging out of its mouth. Maybe a bird got them while the sally was struggling with the rodent?

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Drinking from a gutter.

On Asclepias
adult ovipositing and egg

Site 49
adult in photo 4 is ovipositing