From Ela Thurgood on Facebook today, this photograph of a recent visitor to Ela and Graham’s house in Chico CA: (#1) An alligator lizard, presumably a southern alligator lizard, Elgaria multicarinata; alligator lizards are a western US thing That’s in Chico, in NorCal. But at least since 1972, alligator lizards have been famous as a … Continue reading The lizard on the 101