Researchers have discovered three new species of wood lizards of the genus Enyalioides in the tropical Andes Mountains of Ecuador and northern Peru. Researchers Omar Torres-Carvajal, Pablo J. Venegas, and Kevin de Queiroz describe their findings in the journal Zookeys.…
I felt like Humphrey Bogart in "The African Queen" as our boat chugged up the chocolate-brown river, though we were in Borneo and not Africa. Not sure what to expect, we kept a close eye on the riverbanks and trees for…
The flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii), a candidate for listing under California’s Endangered Species Act has stopped a solar energy project in the state’s Imperial Valley until the company working on the project gets permits from the state’s Department of…
Necrophilia often occurs in certain reptiles. In September 2013, herpetologist Ivan Sazima witnessed not one but two male black and white tegus attempting to court and mate with a dead female black and white tegu (Salvator merianae). Read More Salvator Tegu Species Build…
The California Fish and Game Commission, responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, today made the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) a candidate for species protections under the California Endangered Species Act. The lizards are now protected under California law,…
Home to around 139 species of snakes and nearly as many species of frogs and toads, Costa Rica is an incredible and popular destination for herping enthusiasts. More than a quarter of the country's land has been designated protected national…
The Shingleback skink (Tiliqua rugosa ) of Australia has been adversely affected by agricultural chemicals according to research from the Universty of Sydney. The popular lizard, also known s the sleepy lizard, suffers from anemia brought upon by biochemicals used…
A University of Kansas herpetologist who has spent years cataloging and conserving reptiles, amphibians, and other animals in the Philippines has discovered two new species of Asian monitor lizard, not in the rain forests of that island nation, but rather…
A new species of Varanus lizard has been discovered in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Western Australian Museum announced today. The lizard, named the Dampier Peninsula Goanna (Varanus sparnus) has only been found from the peninsula north of…
The striped legless lizard (Delma impar) of Australia, an endangered species, can be further harmed if kangaroos are allowed to overgraze the Canberra grasslands that the lizards rely on for survival, according to new research by Australian National University. University…
There is good news for California’s flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) as the Center for Biological Diversity announced that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife says that the horned lizard may warrant endangered species protections under the state’s Endangered…
The Canary Islands make up a volcanic archipelago that is located off the northwest coast of Africa. It is adjacent to the border between Western Sahara and Morocco and considered to be a geologic extension of the Atlas Mountains in…
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to act on whether the Colorado Checkered whiptail lizard should be listed as an endangered species.
Two new lizards species have been discovered in a very remote section of Queensland, Australia by researchers with James Cook University. The lizards are named the Cape Melville rainbow skink (Carlia wundalthini) and the Cape Melville bar-lipped skink (Glaphyromorphus othelarrni).…
How do reptiles evolve when another species invades their space? In the case of the Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) in Florida, its feet evolved to better climb higher in trees to avoid the invasive brown anole (Anolis sagrei). Researchers with the…
A common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in what sounds to be Thailand was caught on video getting eaten by a giant spider and it is pretty gruesome. The spider has its fangs embedded into the lizard’s neck and is literally…
The spot-tailed earless lizard, native to South Texas, could be the next Texas lizard that may or may not be placed on the Endangered Species List, as U.S. Fish and Wildlife noted in 2011 that it may warrant endangered or…
Energy Australia is building a wind farm in South Australia and is working with environmentalists to ensure that the country’s pygmy bluetongue lizard, a smaller version of the blue-tongued skink, is not negatively affected by the roads and other infrastructure…
The dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), a tiny lizard that is found primarily in the Permian Basin of West Texas and in New Mexico, will not be listed as an endangered species as a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against…
Imagine coming back from a business trip only to find a large lizard in your engine compartment. How crazy would that be? Snakes? Yeah that has been seen before under car hoods but a large lizard of the family Varanus?…
The northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis), the only lizard species found in Canada’s Manitoba province has gotten some extra protections from the Canadian Herpetological Society, which designated the provincial park in which it can be found has been designated an…
Did you ever wonder how some lizards can regenerate their tails after they drop them? Well, so have scientists at Arizona State University who have found the “genetic recipe” that enables certain lizards to grow their tails back once they…
West Texas is only part of state where numbers of Phrynosoma cornutum are steady.
The water monitor was probably a hitchhiker on a cargo plane from Malaysia.
