Spring is a Texas spiny lizard’s nesting time. H.M. Smith’s “Handbook of Lizards” describes Sceloporus olivaceus as a rusty, arboreal, diurnal, insectivorous iguanid.” In scientific terminology, he ...

As a herpetologist (someone who studies reptiles and amphibians), I am often in the field making observations well beyond an hour that normal people consider to be acceptable. And it is during these ...

Texas is home to several interesting species of lizards, and spiny lizards are prime examples. Many times overlooked because of their wariness, this group actually has species that are surprisingly ...

Once again, in the contest of being seen or remaining invisible, the desert spiny-lizard won. I searched but did not find it; the frustration is indescribable. After 27 years prowling around Colorado ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to safeguard the Mule Mountains population of the Yarrow’s spiny lizard under the ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Mule Mountains population of the Yarrow’s spiny lizard under the Endangered ...

Lounging in the shade may sound soothing, but it could be the death of many lizards if global warming continues at current rates. As temperatures inch upward, the reptiles rest more and hunt less. As ...

Madhuri Ramesh observed the lizard through binoculars. Its dark round head had emerged from the burrow and surveyed the sunlit world for danger. Nothing in the open arid land raised an alarm, not even ...

Over 250 burrows found dug in the grasslands to hunt for the reptile Rajkot: The Kutch forest department has ordered a probe into allegation of large-scale hunting of spiny-tailed lizard, a species ...

Indian spiny-tailed lizard (Saara hardwickii), is listed in the Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, which prohibits its hunting, trade or any other form of exploitation. It is locally ...