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 ...

Of all the reptiles and amphibians that have crossed John Karges’ path, nothing reminds the former herpetologist of home quite like the Texas spiny lizard. Growing up in Fort Worth, Karges, now a ...

The blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) is one variety of 10 species of spiny lizards that reside here in Texas, although it has a very limited range in this state. It can be observed in Texas ...

Whenever I think about habitats where I might find lizards, the first places where I would begin my search would be on the ground and underneath rocks, leaf litter, and/or other surface debris.

A LUCKY spiny-tailed lizard was recently rescued from a house in Riffa and returned to its natural habitat thanks to the ...

A genetically distinct population of Yarrow's spiny lizard in Arizona's Mule Mountains is facing local extinction due to climate change. Conservationists have petitioned to list the lizard as a ...