This is the first part/where the wheels begin to turn

Male C. similis, soon to be a known lizard.

I am here at Palo Verde -- CO to TX to Liberia, car trip to PV National Park, and an afternoon of scouting iguanas. The herp gods saw to deliver all field equipment in good repair, the weather is sunny, warm, and breezy, and lizards are active.

I've seen hide holes under cement, boards, in tree roots, and pipes. Males and females of different sizes (likely different age classes). Other reptiles also  make use of pipes, close to a gravid female:

Tomorrow -- first iguana catches and gps coordinates of refugia.