Get ready to gobble up this calendar: The February Year of the Lizard online calendar is now available!  Congratulations to Tim Torell, who photographed a Great Basin Lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores) in mid-meal!  Tim’s photo was selected as the winning entry for the Year of the Lizard monthly online calendar photo contest.  You, too, can submit photographs for the Year of the Lizard Calendar Photo Contest!  All submitted photos will be considered for future calendar months, as well as for use (with photo credit) in other Year of the Lizard products and related documents.   More information about our ongoing photo contest is available at www.yearofthelizard.org.  Give us your best shot! 

Don’t forget that the next issue of The Year of the Lizard News, the online newsletter of the Year of the Lizard, will be available in March along with the March online calendar.  Did you know?  We are continuing to call for lizard art, stories, and poems throughout the year.  Submit photos of your lizard art (jpg, tiff, or pdf files) and copies of your stories and poems via email to yearofthelizard@gmail.com.  Please include your name, location, and any comments about the submission in your email message.  We will select several submissions to include in upcoming newsletters. Be sure to check out January’s issue of the The Year of the Lizard News, available at www.yearofthelizard.org, for more ways to get involved with the Year of the Lizard efforts and to contribute to our newsletter.   

Visit www.yearofthelizard.org to find the State of the Lizard informational report as well as information on how you can purchase Year of the Lizard annual calendars, mugs, and more.  Be sure to bookmark this address and check back often.  Throughout the year, we will be raising awareness of the issues surrounding lizards through the newsletter, as well as our calendar photo contest, press releases, educational talks and information, and other related events.  Contact us at yearofthelizard@gmail.com with any questions, or to partner with us in these important efforts.

Spread the word--2012 is Year of the Lizard!