Category: Wild Lizards
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 [...]
Woman Bitten By Iguana At Marriott Hotel In Virgin Islands Sues Hotel Chain
A woman who was staying at the Marriott Frenchman’s Cove in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, claims she was bitten on the leg by an iguana while loun [...]
New Chameleon Species Discovered In Tanzania
The chameleon, Kinyongia msuyae, was recently described in the journal Acta Herpetologica [...]
Green Anole Found In Student’s Salad Becomes Class Mascot
This little lizard survived quite a few odds to make it into a science class [...]
Two Monitor Lizards Fight In Middle of Busy Road
One monitor quits after two minutes but the other gives chase. [...]
New Iguana Species Discovered in Chile
Liolaemus uniformis is a mountain lizard, found about 3,000 meters above sea level. [...]
Man Photographs Lace Monitor Up The Wall Of His House
This lace goanna just wanted to get a bit higher up the wall of this house in Albury, New South Wales.
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Herp Queries with Bill Love: California Night Lizard
Why the Protection for the California Night Lizard?
Question: I’ve read that night lizards are protected in California and can’t b [...]
Is Australia’s Striped Legless Lizard Under Threat Of Extinction?
The striped legless lizard is under assault from urban development, clearing of grasslands and a host of other factors. [...]
Bristol Zoo Is Now Home To 165 Seized Electric Blue Geckos
The electric blue gecko is dwindling in its native habitat. [...]
Brown Anole Named Flo-Rida Hops On A Plane To Scotland
The stowaway was found in the luggage of a woman who took a trip to Florida. [...]
Rock Dwelling Gecko Species Discovered In India
A new gecko species has been discovered in India at the Navegaon Bandh National Park by Parag Dandge, an officer with India’s Law enforcement and Trad [...]
Climate Change To Have Deadly Effects On North American Lizard Embryos
Plateau fence lizard embryos experience high mortality in the nest if temperatures reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit. [...]
New South African Lizard Species Named After David Attenborough
Platysaurus attenboroughi was discovered in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province [...]
Florida Plumber Pulls Green Iguana Out Of Clogged Toilet
A plumber was called out to a house in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. house to unclog a toilet and was shocked when she pulled out a dead green iguana (Iguana [...]
Nebraska Zookeeper Recovering From Komodo Dragon Bite
A zookeeper in Omaha, Neb., is recovering from a Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) bite she sustained May 31 while performing routine animal care in [...]
Did You Know Black Iguanas Sometimes Eat Juveniles?
Herpetologists Flávio H. G. Rodrigues, Jose Mora, Lucia I Lopez and Luis D. Alfaro were doing field work in Playa Naranjo in Costa Rica o [...]
