The fringe-toed lizard is well adapted to its hostile environment.

Mojave fringe-toed lizard Close-up image of fringed toes.

THE Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard is unusual in more than its name.

Fringe-toed lizards are reptiles of the genus Uma in the family Phrynosomatidae.

The Mojave fringe-toed lizard is omnivorous.

CaliforniaHerps.com page for Mojave fringe-toed lizard.

This dune system is in jeopardy as development threatens sand sources and the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard's travel corridors.

The Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Fipronil is highly toxic for crustaceans, insects and zooplankton, as well as bees, termites, rabbits, the fringe-toed lizard and certain groups of gallinaceous birds.

Mr. Barrows said that 50 years ago the fringe-toed lizards, which exist only in this valley, numbered in the millions but that 95 percent of their population was gone.

The fringe-toed lizard, which lives in the desert of the southwest United States, sits motionless just below the surface of the sand for hours, with nothing sticking up but its eyes.

The Mojave fringe-toed lizard (Uma scoparia), is a species of medium-sized, white or grayish, black-spotted diurnal lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

Sensitive wildlife impacted by large solar facility plans include the desert tortoise, Mohave Ground Squirrel, Mojave fringe-toed lizard, and desert bighorn sheep.

In addition to the Peninsular bighorn sheep and the desert tortoise, some of these protected wildlife include the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard and the Southwestern willow flycatcher.

The Coachella Valley Refuge is almost entirely closed to the public to protect the Federally-listed threatened Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard.

The Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard is restricted to habitats with fine, windblown sand deposits in the sandy plains of the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California.

Wildlife native to Dumont Dunes includes the Mojave fringe-toed lizard, which is under watch by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible listing as an endangered species.

Among sensitive species are flat-tailed horned lizard, Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, desert tortoise, prairie falcon, Andrews' dune scarab beetle, Peninsular bighorn sheep, and California leaf-nosed bat.

Acanthodactylus is a genus of lizards within the Lacertidae family, commonly referred to as fringe-fingered or fringe-toed lizards (though the latter name is also used for the New World lizard genus Uma).

The Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard lives solely in this part of the southern California desert near Palm Springs, where expansive resorts and million-dollar homes are sprouting faster than dandelions in a Long Island lawn.

Illston found that the BLM had violated its own regulations when it designated the routes in 2006 without adequately analyzing the impacts on air quality, soils, plant communities and sensitive species such as the endangered Mojave fringe-toed lizard.

They have also been observed to hunt small birds like Greater Hoopoe Lark, Desert Lark, and consume reptiles such as Desert Monitor, Fringe-toed lizards, sandfish, short-fingered gecko, horned and sand vipers, and insects.

After a while, the desert will speak to you") or the science teacher ("A delicate fringe-toed lizard swims downward into the sand when he smells my presence with his stereo-olfactory tongue, which flips odiferous molecules from sand to vomeronasal organs in the roof of his mouth").

Judge Illston found that the bureau had inadequately analyzed the routes' impacts on air quality, soils, plant communities, riparian habitats, and sensitive species such as the endangered Mojave fringe-toed lizard, pointing out that the desert and its resources are "extremely fragile, easily scarred, and slowly healed."

Uma was born as the only child of her artist parents.

Paper making began in Uma around 1750, and much later grew into the region's major industry.

Uma comes too late at the hospital and dies with her baby.

'But we're certainly not going to stay here and let Uma catch us in the morning!

Uma, to him, is symbolic of many things that give us pleasure in life.

When Uma finds out, she leaves him and takes the children along to her parent's place.

Uma makes her final move when Chidambaram is about to step across the line.

There he finds Uma, whose condition improved, taking care of his child.

All this characteristics make Uma choose him as the donor.

However, the article said that Uma applied for his permit after the end of the first season.

In most cases there are additional points transferred based on the players' final places (uma).

Nobody seemed to know that they had gone in Uma's own motor-boat.

Uma is the only sure indicator for the presence of heavy minerals.

Uma asks him to climb up a peak so that she will consider his love.

Chhanchhan calls the doctor and tells him to save uma's life.

Was it merely a boat that ran Uma here and there, as a car would run him about on roads?

'Well - except that they give us an idea of Uma's real business, these papers aren't much help.

Uma loves the tour, and they all sing a song about their neighborhood.

Uma is refreshingly beautiful and played her role with understanding".

Vaidehi leaves their house because of her husband's behavior who brings Uma's death.

When did she finally become reconciled to being Uma?

'Why does Uma want to take food about in a motor-boat like this?

Grampu helps Uma get back to sleep and she has a good dream.

But Uma says that,that day is her birthday and she has to go home early.

Mr. Uma took this as a joke and laughed too much.

Ursa Major, for example, looks nearly the same now as it did hundreds of years ago.

This system may be a member of the Ursa Major moving group.

I don't know for certain that they went with him to Ursa Major.

In fact our system is passing through the heart of the Ursa Major group.

These stars are all in Ursa Major except where indicated.

Ursa Major is rich in galaxies, but all the rest are below binocular range.

Other options include Ursa Major, or the seven traditional planets.

It is also a member of the large and diffuse Ursa Major moving group.

You wouldn't call it that if you were from Ursa Major.

"It's made up of the seven principal stars in Ursa Major.

He was credited with discovery of the constellation Ursa Major.

She could see Ursa Major wheeling above the dark high ridge of the mountain.

But that didn't stop it from leaking to the Ursa Major region."

Groombridge 1618 is a star in the constellation Ursa Major.

A young star, its proper motion indicates it is a member of the Ursa Major moving group.

These stars form the Ursa Major moving group.

Its howitzers are named after stars of the Ursa Major constellation.

Ursa Major is a group of stars.

Ursa Major has the mutant ability to transform himself into a large anthrophomorphic bear.

As particular, perhaps, as the position of Ursa Major.

The Ursa Major frontier was on the far side of the Empire.

"We never expected enthusiastic support from the populations of the Ursa Major frontier.

The component stars are the seven brightest of the formal constellation Ursa Major.

Ursa Major Dwarf may refer to one of the following:

Its maximum angular size was larger than that of Ursa Major, about 30 in diameter.

Within hours this great bear of a man was too weak to stand.

Like a circus trainer, he led the great bear to the door.

The young dog felt uncomfortable, though, with the shadow of the great bear behind them.

Will followed the great bear out onto the dark mountainside.

In Canada, it was found to be adequate for any game except the great bears.

Only the gods know how long it will be before the great bear returns to the conference.

He grinned, a great bear of a man, who had taught her what it meant to race with an open heart and fight to win.

It will not be any form of dragon, nor a tiger or great bear.

Now these bears were the servants of the great bear chief who lived in a high mountain a long way off.

Everyone shared in the communion with the great bear that bound them together as one people.

He was like a great bear, yet as gentle as could be.

Described as a great bear of a man, tough and wind-worn.

Another great bear ambled by, its huge arms wrapped in front of it.

Sigarni strode from the room and out past the great bear.

Or was it that, like the great bears, they hibernated in caves?

"You are a little boy throwing pebbles at a great bear.

Donald and Skye looked quickly round to see a great bear of a man standing just inside the open office door.

It had been empty, I think, since the days when yonder great bear was still a newly made thing.

In the dark, the general resembled a great bear, hunched over the table sipping at his own cup.

Trudy had the child clutched in a great bear hug.

He was a great bear of a man, with his hair slicked down flat and a full moustache.

Like the great bears of the ice mountains, Casca slept.

On 87 level, Kowalski moved like a great bear down the dimly-lit drive.

A note of sadness in the great bear's voice caught Borim's ear.

It is identified as an omen: "When the great bear appears, violence will follow."