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 ...

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 ...

Forty-three eastern collared lizards bred at the Little Rock Zoo have new homes in the Arkansas Ozarks thanks to an innovative collaboration among the zoo, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, ...

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 ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 2017), pp. 197-201 (5 pages) Increasing evidence indicates that sex-determination mechanisms in reptiles (genotypic sex determination [GSD] and temperature ...

DARDANELLE -- A dozen Oklahoma-born eastern collared lizards now call The Natural State home thanks to a partnership between the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife, ...

In territorial species with polygynous mating systems, reproductive success reflects phenotypic variation. At the gross level, such phenotypic variation can include that of body size and weapon ...

Caudal displays that lure or divert the attention of prey are well documented in legless squamates that use sit-and-wait foraging. By contrast, empirical evidence that caudal displays serve to ...

My son got a gecko for Christmas and named him Binx. He has always had a fascination with lizards in the wild. Many parents who send their kids to Durango Nature Studies’ summer camps can share 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 ...