HANCOCK COUNTY — Hanging around our parks (or your house) may be a few lizards; here in Indiana, we are home to at least six. We have the six-lined racerunner, five-lined skink, broadhead skink, ...
Known as the Spiderman lizard, the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (Agama mwanzae) is a colorful lizard that lives in semideserts in East Africa. An Instagram post from venueearth features this ...
Magalia >> Jeff Scott can’t recall every animal that he’s cared for, but with pythons, caimans and even rattlesnakes on the list, it is surely more diverse than the average person. These days, he ...
As a herpetologist (someone who studies reptiles and amphibians), I am often in the field making observations well beyond an hour that normal people consider to be acceptable. And it is during these ...
The world’s monitor lizards remind us that the world was once ruled by reptiles: this genus (Varanus) includes the world’s biggest lizards, such as the stunning Komodo dragon and many other island ...
Researchers have discovered a new species of lizard in a strange place. The brightly colored, water-loving lizards live in the Andes Mountains in southern Peru — an odd place to find them, scientists ...
The ornate uromastyx lizard is so beautifully decorated that at first glance, you may mistake one for an elaborate ceramic figure. These desert-adapted creatures are the most colorful lizards in their ...
Researchers have discovered a new species of lizard in a strange place. The brightly colored, water-loving lizards live in the Andes Mountains in southern Peru — an odd place to find them, scientists ...
Mother lizards can induce different color patterns in their offspring in response to social cues, reports research published June 10 in the online early edition of the journal Ecology Letters. Female ...
Colorful reptile protected by fire, study shows. Aug. 25, 2011 — -- Alan Templeton was a 13-year-old Boy Scout when he saw his first collared lizard in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. He returned ...
Two western fence lizards in Marin. Western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) are common in California. They are also referred to as the “blue belly.” Photo by Rachael Rufino Sunbathing during ...