Zebra-tailed Lizard at Agua Caliente

The sun glints harshly off the silvery white sand. Suddenly, a few steps ahead, a shadow moves quickly across the sand! A rather small skinny lizard, about 7 inches long, runs across the desert with its tail curled up in the air like a scorpion.

Zebra-tailed Lizard. April 28, 2019. Anza-Borrego Desert, California.