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Field Journal · Vol. 01 · N° 4
Two kids, a zillion lizards, and a lot of sunscreen.
Whitney & Jake are the Lizard Wranglers — equal parts naturalists, storytellers, and connoisseurs of really good trucker hats. This is their little corner of the desert.
Meet the Wranglers
A backyard habit that got a little out of hand.
Whitney started flipping rocks at age four. Jake joined the operation as soon as he could walk. Somewhere between the first Western fence lizard and the 200th Instagram reel, "we should probably make this a thing" got said out loud — and here we are.
Every shirt, sticker, and story on this site is something they actually wear, say, or do. The lizards are always released safely, the facts are always double-checked, and the dad (hi) runs the shipping.
- Ages of the crew
- 9 & 7
- Sightings logged
- 2,400+
- Lizards harmed
- 0
The Uniform
Suit up for the hunt.
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Classic Logo Tee
Heavyweight cream cotton with the full circle logo in four colors. Youth & adult sizes.
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Backpack-ready
Sticker Pack (set of 5)
Vinyl, waterproof, die-cut. Perfect for water bottles, notebooks, and terrariums.
$8
From the field journal
Stories from the trail.
The day we almost stepped on a chuckwalla the size of a football.
Whitney spotted it first. Jake screamed. Dad spilled his coffee. The chuckwalla, for what it's worth, did not move a single muscle — which turns out to be kind of their whole deal.
Read the reportWhitney logs her first desert horned lizard.
After eighteen months of looking, she spotted one perfectly still under a creosote bush. Here's how.
ReadWhy the whiptail is the fastest thing in the desert (probably).
We chased one. It won. Here's what makes them such absurd athletes.
ReadThe proper way to pick up a fence lizard (and when not to).
The short version: gently, briefly, and never by the tail. The long version is a whole essay.
ReadHow we designed the logo (and why the hats took four tries).
Four rounds with the screen printer, one emotional crisis, and a lesson in Pantone matching.
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Spotter's Guide
Know your SoCal lizards.
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
The one with the blue belly. Males do push-ups to look tough. Found on literally every fence in Riverside County.
Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Tiny and tough. Males come in three throat colors that play rock-paper-scissors with each other. No, really.
Desert Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Flat, spiky, and impossible to see until you're already stepping on one. Eats ants almost exclusively. An actual legend.
Desert Iguana
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Loves heat so much it's active when everything else is hiding. Pale, long-tailed, and annoyingly quick on its feet.
Granite Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti
Big, handsome, and rocks a purple shoulder patch. Found on the granite outcrops all over the Inland Empire.
Coast Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri
Long whippy tail, never stops moving, never stops foraging. You will only see it as a blur. Respect the blur.
For the grown-ups
We do the wrangling.
We do the wrangling.
You do the swiping.
This whole site is run by a family who actually takes their kids outside. Here's what we promise you, whether you're buying a tee or just reading along.
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Every lizard goes home. Nothing is kept, nothing is harmed, nothing is handled longer than a quick photo.
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Facts are double-checked. We cross-reference SDNHM, iNaturalist, and actual herpetologists. When we're not sure, we say so.
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Kid-safe, kid-readable. Content is written for 8- to 12-year-olds — no creepy stuff, no sketchy ads, ever.
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Small-batch everything. We print on demand and ship from our house. Expect a handwritten thank-you.
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