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I noticed this western fence lizard, out in the open, moving in a strange fashion. Upon closer inspection, I observed a nut shell over the poor reptiles head. It was really wedged on there but with some effort I removed the offending helmet and Mr/Ms llizard immediately ran for shelter. Yay!

A couple males going at it. I saw a few behaviors repeated: One lizard would turn sideways to the second, and the second would come to the side of the first, sometimes getting a hold of the first one's abdomen or rear leg. A few times I saw the one that turned sideways place its front leg underneath it. Perhaps so it couldn't be bitten? Curious that one would appear to offer its flank to other. They continued in front of me for 5-10 minutes as I stood there taking photos. They would separate, then seek each other out again, do some posturing, tussle, separate again, etc., while moving around a concrete slab and various objects on it.