A funny thing happens in the northern portions of the range of side-blotched lizards...they aggregate in anticipation of winter. I haven't posted many of these pics, but I have years of data on certain hibernacula where I've been counting the numbers of lizards active on any given day. Here I count at least 18 lizards.
Lizard above. Lower lizard in previous observation.
DOR from an area I've never seen them before.