Amateur Herpetologists, grab your camera phones! It’s time to go lizard hunting for science! From the website: “There are over 9,000 recognized species of reptile in the world. Many are extremely poorly known and many more are threatened with extinction. The Global Reptile BioBlitz is the sister effort to the Global Amphibian BioBlitz and aims [...]

Photo by Lee Grismer I happened upon this over at National Geographic.  This previously undescribed lizard was “discovered” in a Vietnamese restaurant … on the menu. The first thing I thought was, if this lizard’s temperament would make it a candidate for a pet, it would be easy to breed them — especially considering they’re [...]

Baby horned lizards! Chameleons, dragons and geckos, oh my! I wish I could have taken them all home with me.  This was in Wheaton, IL on November 6, 2010, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.  The “Scott Smith’s All Animal Expo.”

The fire ants are forcing the lizards to evolve.

One head is known to attack the other.  That must suck. Read full story at BBC Online.

“My daughter, Emily, took this in September. See? Lizards like kiddie playhouses too!” – My friend Delilah Peeler Anolis carolinus

(Read Article on PawNation) This somewhat misleading title on PawNation links to a rather interesting article on problems caused by letting exotic pets go into the wild. This is actually old news.  But it’s a really good picture. Personally, if I were a kid right now, I’d be excited about the prospect of going out [...]

So, this is a newly discovered specie of iguana?  Something that Darwin missed during his adventures on the Galapagos Islands? Looks to me like a plain old Galapagos iguana with a skin condition.  Read the full story on TreeHugger.com

I have always loved the Firesign Theater.

Ever want to catch a live, wild iguana? Easy.  Go down to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne when the weather gets cold.  They rain from the trees, and lay dormant on the ground until the sun comes out and warms them up. According to the Miami Herald, the locals aren’t too [...]