Category: Wild Lizards
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 [...]
New Acanthosaura Lizard Discovered in Phuket, Thailand
Acanthosaura phuketensis is a type of mountain horned dragon, also known as pricklenape agamas [...]
Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard Won't Appear On California’s Endangered Species List
The flat-tailed horned lizard is not endangered in the state of California, state officials say. [...]
New Gecko Species Discovered in Australia
A researcher thought he found a new species 40 years ago, which has now been confirmed. [...]
New Gecko Species Discovered in India
Researchers in India have discovered a new species of lizard in the Goregaon's Aarey Colony and Thane's Badlapur forested belts of Mumba [...]
Monitor Lizard Enters Formula 1 Race in Singapore
It is not often that you see a reptile in the Pole Position at a Formula 1 Grand Prix race, but that is what racers saw at the Singapore Grand Prix Se [...]
Researchers Discover 48 Million Year Old Snake That Had Eaten a Lizard That Had Eaten a Bug
A python species had eaten a lizard of the family Iguanidae, which had an insect in its stomach. [...]
Golden Tegu Now Four Distinct Species
Researchers have identified three new species of Tegu lizards that were previously thought to be a single species. [...]
New Anole Species Discovered in the Dominican Republic
Anolis landestoyi is closely related to Chamaeleolis anoles of Cuba. [...]
European Union To Propose Closing Lizard Sale Loophole
The EU lacks a law like the U.S. Lacey Act and some want that changed. [...]
New Fat-Tailed Gecko Species Discovered in Australia
A scientist with the Queensland Museum in Australia has discovered a new species of fat-tailed gecko that ins unique in that it has a round snout and [...]
Texas Comptroller Terminates Oil Industry Foundation set up to Protect Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
The foundation failed to protect the lizard or its habitat from the oil and gas industry. [...]
Feral Cats are Killing and Eating Small Reptiles In Australia’s Kakadu National Park
Feral cats are not only negatively impacting small mammals, they are also eating up and killing a variety of small reptiles in Australia’s Kakad [...]
