Category: Lizard Information & News
Australia’s Major Skink Has Evolved to Resist Snake Venom
The researchers note their study identified 25 individual instances of neurotoxin resistance in the skinks. [...]
Goose, The Escaped Monitor Lizard In Massachusetts Is No Longer On the Loose
The water monitor was apparently kept without a proper permit and went missing two weeks ago. [...]
Pink Iguana Hatchlings Rediscovered On Galápagos Islands Wolf Volcano
During the conservancy's most recent expedition in May, two more hatchlings were found alive and doing well.
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New Fossil Reptile Species Challenges Notion of Skin And Feathers on Reptiles
A new species of fossil reptile that lived during the Triassic period has been discovered in southern France that researchers say had a large crest th [...]
ALERT UPDATE: Blue Tree Monitor ESA Listing
If you breed or work with blue tree monitors and have not yet contacted USARK, please email us [...]
Oldest North American Pterosaur Discovered In Arizona
The winged reptile, Eotephradactylus mcintireae lived at the same time as dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to fly. [...]
Crested Gecko Reproduced via Parthenogenesis at Liberty Science Center in NJ
She is active, feeding well, and displaying normal behavior for her species. [...]
New Monstersaur Species Named After Goblin Prince in The Hobbit
The raccoon-sized monsetersaurian is named Bolg amondol after the goblin prince in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." [...]
Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizards Take Longer to Acclimatize To Changing Temperatures
The current study suggests that the three lizard populations would need more than two years to acclimatize, depending on latitude of origin. [...]
Somebody’s Pet Black And White Tegu Captured At Grant Lake In California
If you are the keeper of this tegu or know the rightful keeper, contact Santa Clara County Animal Services at (408) 686-3900. [...]
Procolophon trigoniceps, A Burrowing Reptile That Lived 250 Million Years Ago Discovered In South Africa
The lizard had a short neck, an elongated body and tail and was about half a meter in length. It was similar in size to a juvenile monitor lizard. [...]
USARK FL Applauds FWC Rule Changes, Urges Further Action on Nonnative Species
United States Association of Reptile Keepers-Florida (USARK FL) commends the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) for their recent [...]
New Tegu Species Discovered In the United States
Wautaugategu formidus lived during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, between 17.5 to 14.5 million years ago. [...]
USARK UPDATE: Federal Light Bulb Ban
Reptile, amphibian, and other animal keepers will get some relief from the Department of Energy ban on specialty animal care light bulbs. [...]
FWC Rules Promote Expansion of Nonnative Iguana and Tegu Populations, USARK FL Says
Before the ban, reptile businesses were exporting hundreds of thousands of Green iguanas from the state. Most of these were freshly-hatched babies [...]
Shawnee National Forest’s Snake Road to Reopen May 15
“Snake Road” in Shawnee National Forest in Illinois has closed for the annual migration of reptiles and amphibians to their winter habitats in the lim [...]
Smithsonian National Zoo Treats Skin Cancer On Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
A 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko was treated for skin cancer at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the zoo announ [...]
Caribbean Greenhouse Frog Found In The Marshall Islands
This species, which is known to hitchhike in potted plants, soil and other agricultural materials, could displace native species. [...]
USARK: FWC Considers Iguana and Tegu Rule Changes
FWC is considering expanding the abilities of collectors to take wild Green iguanas and Tegus for sale and export [...]
Iguanas From Fiji Came From North America 34 Million Years Ago, Study Says
"We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American desert iguanas, something that hadn't been figured out before, and that [...]
Three New Bent-toed Gecko Species Discovered In Nepal
The geckos were discovered by a university team on a night survey in the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape in Central Nepal, a mountain area in Nepal when t [...]
Blue-Tongued Skinks From Australia Seized At Hong Kong International Airport
The lizards, of the genus Tiliqua, were discovered by customs officers who were inspecting a shipment declared to contain "dehumidifier, air purifier, [...]
12 Collared Lizards Make New Home At Oklahoma City Zoo
The lizards can be seen at the zoo’s Oklahoma Trails habitat, which is home to a variety of animals native to the state. [...]
USARK ALERT: ESA Listing for Blue Tree Monitors
FWS has used emergency rulemaking to apply a 240-day temporary listing for the blue tree monitor (Varanus macraei) as endangered under the Endangered [...]
