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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Jun., 2003), pp. 282-286 (5 pages) The reticulate collared lizard (Crotaphytus reticulatus) is a large, crotaphytid lizard restricted to the lower Rio ...

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 ...