Nile Monitor Lizard
Nile monitor lizards are an invasive species that now lives in Florida. They eat frogs, other lizards, turtles, birds and rodents, and sometimes hunt in packs.
View ArticleWestern Skink
The Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) is a relatively common and widespread lizard in Southern California. It is more secretive and prefers more grassy habitat than the Western fence lizard or...
View ArticleWestern Fence Lizard
The Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) is a relatively common and widespread lizard in Southern California. It is larger and prefers less open habitat than the related side-blotched lizard,...
View ArticleSide Blotched Lizard
The side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) is a relatively common and widespread lizard in Southern California. It is smaller and prefers more open habitat than the related Western fence lizard, yet...
View ArticleCopper-Striped Blue-Tailed Skink
A copper-striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) photographed in Samoa during a USGS field survey.
View ArticleCopper-Striped Blue-Tailed Skink
A copper-striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) photographed in Samoa during a USGS field survey.
View ArticleCopper-Striped Blue-Tailed Skink
One of the last known specimens of the copper-striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) collected from the Hawaiian Islands.
View ArticleFence Lizard
A Fence Lizard (tentative identification) on the side of a tree trunk near the Potomac River.
View ArticlePlateau Striped Whiptail
The plateau striped whiptail lizard species complex inhabits a variety of grassland and scrub and shrub habitats on the Colorado Plateau and in central New Mexico, at elevations ranging from 1,400 to...
View ArticleLesser Earless Lizard
The lesser earless species complex is found across short-grass prairie and open habitats of the southern Colorado Plateau, New Mexico, Texas, northern Mexico, and on the western edge of the Great...
View ArticleCommon Chuckwalla
The Common Chuckwalla is primarily found across the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of the United States and Mexico, at elevations ranging from sea level to 1,370 m. This large (125–180 mm) lizard is...
View ArticleMummified Lizard at a USGS Observation Well
Mummified lizard at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) observation well Piezometer D RASA. The location is 17º57'10"N,66º15'55"W and the elevation is 22 m above sea level. The lizard is resting on a white...
View ArticleInland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
Inland bearded dragon basking in the heat on a log.
View ArticleAfrican Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus validus)
African plated lizard underneath some plants on top of a rock.
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