Mohawk Dunes fringe-toed lizard (Uma thurmanae) avoids the heat of the sand by lifting it's toes and stilting its body above the hot surface. The lizard is restricted to the Mohawk Dunes, a dune system west of the Mohawk Mountains in southern Arizona. Scanned from the original K64 slide
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