Category: Lizard Information & News

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Released Texas Horned Lizard Hatchlings Survive Winter

Three of the 10 lizards released were found in good condition. [...]
Three-toed Skink Gives Birth To Live Young And Lays Eggs

Three-toed Skink Gives Birth To Live Young And Lays Eggs

The lizard is bimodally reproductive, which means it can give birth to live young and lay eggs. [...]
Albino Anoles Created At The University Of Georgia

Albino Anoles Created At The University Of Georgia

Through gene editing, scientists were able to cause albinism in brown anole lizards. [...]
Gila Monster May Just Become Utah State Reptile

Gila Monster May Just Become Utah State Reptile

Students studying the reptile hope that their efforts pay off and the governor signs the house bill into law. [...]
House Geckos Can Walk On Water, Researchers Show In Video

House Geckos Can Walk On Water, Researchers Show In Video

Asian house geckos run across water at about the same speed they run across land. [...]
Scuba Anole Stays Submerged For 16 Minutes

Scuba Anole Stays Submerged For 16 Minutes

Ecologist Lindsey Swierk believes the temporary bubble on top of the aquatic anole's head enables it to breathe underwater. [...]
Texas Ends Conservation Plan For Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Texas Ends Conservation Plan For Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Much of the dunes sagebrush lizard's habitat is found in oil- rich west Texas. [...]
Several Released Texas Horned Lizards Survive Into Brumation

Several Released Texas Horned Lizards Survive Into Brumation

10 Texas horned lizards were tagged for tracking. One has since buried itself for the winter. [...]
Fence Lizards Rapidly Adapt To Avoid Invasive Fire Ants

Fence Lizards Rapidly Adapt To Avoid Invasive Fire Ants

Fence lizards have evolved to twitch and flee from fire ants over the course of the last 40 lizard generations. [...]
Reptile Vet Safely Removes Hot Wheel From Pet Lace Monitor

Reptile Vet Safely Removes Hot Wheel From Pet Lace Monitor

The big lizard is doing much better thanks to a non-surgical method of removing the toy car from its stomach. [...]
Escaped Asian Water Monitor Captured After 3 Months On The Lam

Escaped Asian Water Monitor Captured After 3 Months On The Lam

Bamboo was captured after a homeowner spotted green iguanas running all over the street. [...]
Keeping And Breeding The Minor’s Chameleon

Keeping And Breeding The Minor’s Chameleon

The Minor’s chameleon breeds readily in captivity. You just need to find some. [...]
Florida’s Invasive Reptiles

Florida’s Invasive Reptiles

Florida is sometimes called ground zero for the number of invasive reptiles that now call the state home. [...]
Horned Lizards Released Back Into The Wild In Texas

Horned Lizards Released Back Into The Wild In Texas

Captive breeding of the Texas horned lizard for release back into the wild should bolster their numbers. [...]
Researchers ID Genes That Enable A Specific Population Of Side-Blotched Lizards To Change Colors

Researchers ID Genes That Enable A Specific Population Of Side-Blotched Lizards To Change Colors

A colony of side-blotched lizards living on black lava rock in the Mojave desert of Southern California can change its color after some time living un [...]

Actor Chris Pratt Takes His Bearded Dragon Out For A Walk

Leo, a domestic pet lizard, or DPL, goes out for a stroll in support of #TakeYourLizardForAWalkDay. [...]
Why Salamanders Can Regenerate Perfect Tails But Lizards Cannot

Why Salamanders Can Regenerate Perfect Tails But Lizards Cannot

It is all in the stem cells, (or lack thereof) for tail regeneration in amphibians and lizards. [...]
Texas Seeks Approval For Rewritten Plan To Protect Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Texas Seeks Approval For Rewritten Plan To Protect Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

The dunes sagebrush lizard is found in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. [...]
Hatchling Gila Monsters Don’t Leave Their Nest For Up To 10 Months, Study Says

Hatchling Gila Monsters Don’t Leave Their Nest For Up To 10 Months, Study Says

Hatchling Gila monsters leave their nest when food sources are more abundant. [...]
King Cobras, Gila Monsters Seized From New York Home

King Cobras, Gila Monsters Seized From New York Home

It is illegal to possess the king cobra in the state of New York. [...]
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