Western Fence Lizards are uncommon but widespread in Puget Sound's
upper beach driftwood.

Scott R a y
Yakima

On 8/15/06, Kelly McAllister <mcallisters4 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Frank Slavens (formerly the curator of reptiles at Woodland Park Zoo)
> assured me there were Western Fence Lizards at Lincoln Park. I've never
> heard of them being at Carkeek Park. Are the ones at Carkeek inhabiting an
> area with a large accumulation of upper beach driftwood, perhaps with a
> steep bank on the landward side? I found one at a park in the Federal Way
> area. Where the heck was that? I think it was Normandy Park. Now, I'm going
> to have to do some records searching. If only I had a fully functioning
> memory.
>
> Kelly McAllister
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Hayes" <josh at blarg.net>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:12 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Fence Lizards in Seattle
>
>
> >> From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
> >> Subject: [Tweeters] western fence lizards in Seattle?
> >
> >
> >> I'm getting lots of interesting information about non-avian land
> >> vertebrates in Seattle. One observer thought there might be Western
> >> Fence Lizards (also called Fence Swifts) in Lincoln Park. Has anyone
> >> seen any lizards other than Northern Alligator Lizards (these are
> >> uncommon and local) in and around Seattle?
> >
> > Okay, so they don't tweet, but yes: I've seen them in Carkeek Park, but
> > this
> > was about five years ago, and the appropriate habitat is quite limited
> > there; I wonder if someone captured them elsewhere and then dumped them?
> >
> > -Josh Hayes, josh at blarg.net
> >
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