Mojave Desert California
California Dreaming ... so Wish I was There ! Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard ( Uma scoparia ) Kelso Sand Dunes • Mojave National Preserve, California, United States. Endemic in Mojave Desert , US: native and occurs nowhere else. I had the best of times chasing & photographing this amazing little guy as he skittered over the hot desert sands of the Kelso Dunes . I was in heaven & I realised the the American Desert is my second most favourite Ecosystem in the World . It comes in just behind Canada's Arctic which will forever be my most favourite place on earth . OMG! I am so very in love with the Mojave Desert & I so wished I had spent more time there. Mojave Desert Tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) Kelso Sand Dunes • Mojave National Preserve, California, United States. Listed as vulnerable: www.iucnredlist.org/details/9400/0 . Conservation Status: imperiled (S2) in California, US (NatureServe) Beavertail Cactus ( Opuntia basilaris ) Mojave National Preser...