Category: Wild Lizards
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 [...]
Two New Lizard Species Discovered In Chile
Two new lizard species from Chile have been discovered and described in the journal ZooKeys.
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Three Lizards Species Discovered in Per [...]
New Day Gecko Species Discovered In India
Herpetologists with Osmania University in Hyderabad, India have discovered and described a new gecko species in the ruins of Hampi, a World Heritage S [...]
Florida’s Palm Beach County Nile Monitors Target Of Removal Efforts
Florida is ground zero for non-native species in the United States, with more than 500 species of exotic reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians, and mammal [...]
Three Wood Lizard Species Discovered In Peru And Ecuador
Researchers have discovered three new species of wood lizards of the genus Enyalioides in the tropical Andes Mountains of Ecuador and northern Peru. R [...]
A Visit To Indonesia's Komodo National Park
I felt like Humphrey Bogart in "The African Queen" as our boat chugged up the chocolate-brown river, though we were in Borneo and not A [...]
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Stops Construction Of Solar Energy Facility In California
The flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii), a candidate for listing under California’s Endangered Species Act has stopped a solar energy [...]
Herpetologist Photographs Male Black And White Tegus Trying To Mate With Dead Female
Necrophilia often occurs in certain reptiles. In September 2013, herpetologist Ivan Sazima witnessed not one but two male black and white tegus attemp [...]
California Protects the Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard
The California Fish and Game Commission, responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, today made the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosom [...]