Western fence lizard.

The western fence lizard is an interesting little lizard, and recently I had a few babys playing and scampering around the garden.

Interestingly, Studies have shown Lyme disease is lower in areas where the lizards occur. When ticks carrying Lyme disease feed on these lizards' blood (which they commonly do, especially around their ears), a protein in their blood kills the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The blood inside the ticks' gut is therefore cleansed and no longer carries Lyme disease.

  Below is a older one (not a baby)