Colorful reptile protected by fire, study shows. Aug. 25, 2011 — -- Alan Templeton was a 13-year-old Boy Scout when he saw his first collared lizard in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. He returned ...

A male collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, surveyed its territory from atop a small boulder. I approached to get a better look, but it moved to hide in a clump of grass. I approached again, and it ...

Continuing along the track of a previous article, let me introduce you to another interesting lizard occurring in our area! After discussing the horned lizard in a prior article, and to give equal ...

EUREKA SPRINGS — The city of Eureka Springs wants to preserve and promote the Eastern collared lizards that live in an old limestone quarry at Lake Leatherwood Park. Locally known as “mountain boomers ...

Editor’s note: “Critters” features insects, spiders, snakes and other freaky/fun creatures unique to the Grand Valley. You know, the kinds of critters you aim to keep your distance from, but love to ...

SOAKING UP THE SUN: Collared lizards love to bask in the sun. About four dozen of the reptiles were released across glade habitats in northern Arkansas in May. Credit: Little Rock Zoo Nearly four ...

In a study published in the September issue of The American Naturalist, A. Kristopher Lappin (Northern Arizona University) and Jerry F. Husak (Oklahoma State University) use the eastern collared ...

Now, that’s a horse of a different color. Or, in this case, a lizard of another species—four species. Recent research suggests that the collared treerunner (Plica plica), previously thought of as one ...

A dozen Oklahoma-born eastern collared lizards now call Arkansas home and, with a little luck, these transplants may be able to replenish a pocket of prime habitat in west-central Arkansas. The ...

EUREKA SPRINGS - The trail breaching a dark-green wall of Ozark forest could have been marked with a sign bearing an ancient cartographer's warning: "Beyond this point, there be dragons." Somewhere in ...

Scientists found a rock-dwelling animal with neck “pockets” in Rondônia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from André Luiz Carvalho A “collared” creature stood guard on a rocky ...

A male collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, surveyed its territory from atop a small boulder. I approached to get a better look, but it moved to hide in a clump of grass. I approached again, and it ...