Category: Wild Lizards
Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Gila Monsters in South Carolina
Benson must serve five years probation and pay nearly $5,000 in fines—$2,225 restitution to the Lacey Act Reward Account and $2,500 to the Arizona Gam [...]
Florida Hires Iguana Trapper To Control The Green Iguana
The green iguana is an invasive species in Florida, first appearing in the state in the 1960s. [...]
Three Australian Lizards Declared Extinct In The Wild
The Lister's gecko, the blue-tailed skink and the Christmas Island forest-skink are now extinct in the wild. [...]
Green Iguana Rescued By Kayak Fisherman Four Miles Off Key West, Florida
The lizard saw the kayak and made a beeline toward it and was saved. [...]
Tokay Gecko In Mexican Standoff With Golden Treesnake In Thailand
The treesnake may have bit more than it could chew with the large lizard. [...]
Trump Administration Sued For Denying Protections To Florida Keys Mole Skink
The little skink can only be found on a few islands in the Florida Keys. [...]
Asian Water Monitors Thrive In Palm Oil Plantations
Varanus salvator macromaculatus is thriving in palm oil plantations for now. [...]
More Than 160 Chuckwallas In Arizona Safely Moved Out Of Phoenix Freeway Project’s Path
The chuckwallas were released at the Arizona South Mountain Park/Preserve [...]
Herp Queries: Are People Still Keeping Horny Toads?
The horny toad a.k.a. horned lizard, is best left in the wild. [...]
Researchers Discover 15 New Gecko Species In Myanmar
The Cyrtodactylus and Hemiphyllodactylus geckos hail from just a 90 by 50 kilometer area of the country formally known as Burma. [...]
Florida Keys Mole Skink Denied Endangered Species Act Protection
The Florida Keys mole skink lives just 20 to 31 inches above sea level. [...]
Nevada Bans Collection Of Reptiles For Commercial Purposes
Prior to the ban, reptile collectors could take as many reptiles as they wanted. [...]
Herp Queries: Can I Keep A Thorny Devil?
Thorny devils (Moloch horridus) are native to Australia and are illegal to keep or export out of the country. [...]
Two Lizard Species Slow High Speed Rail Project In Germany
Efforts have been underway for several months to relocate the lizards. [...]
Nevada To Consider Banning Or Limiting Commercial Collection Of Wild Reptiles
Nevada does not have a limit on the number of reptiles collected in the wild. [...]
Komodo Dragon Trappers
A New Jersey zookeeper embarks upon the adventure of a lifetime, catching and releasing Komodo dragons. [...]
Why No Whiptail Lizards?
The whiptails of the Americas and their close cousins, the ameivas, are fast on their feet. [...]
Sungazer Lizard Faces Extinction Due To Farming And Illegal Animal Trade
The Sungazer lizard population has declined by more than a third over the last 10 years. [...]
Herp Queries With Bill Love: The Earless Monitor
The earless monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) has been the Holy Grail of herpetoculture for many decades. [...]
Tokay Gecko Attacks Tree Snake, Which Regurgitates Another Gecko
If there is one gecko that would attack a predator, it's a Tokay. [...]
Three Chameleon Species Discovered in Central Africa
The three chameleon species were discovered in the mountains of the Democratic Republic of Congo. [...]
Monitor Lizard Rediscovered in Papua New Guinea
Varanus douarrha grows to more than 1.3 meters. [...]
New Species of Hemidactylus Gecko Discovered in India
Hemidactylus chipkali is also called the Central Indian Leaf-toed gecko. [...]
Google Honors 37th Anniversary of Komodo National Park in Indonesia
If you do a Google search today, or just go to the Google page, you will notice a Google Doodle of a lizard. That lizard is a Komodo dragon (Varanus k [...]
