Collared lizards are extremely territorial and are thought to be the most visually oriented of all lizard species. The flashing of color and behavioral gestures are extensive and common.

Both may occur in desert scrub habitats, but the collared lizard is more common in foothills and mountains, where it often perches on large rocks along roadsides waiting to ambush prey.

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, ...

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 years later with a few advanced degrees to save ...

The most common include the Southwestern fence lizard ... Most Albuquerque lizards range from 3-5 inches to about 8 inches. The Eastern Collared lizard, which is found in the foothills and ...

Biologist Alan Templeton fell in love with the eastern collared lizard that lives in the hot, dry Ozark glades when he was 13. By the time he returned from graduate and postgraduate work ...

"We also know the collared lizard population is declining in Arkansas. Common sense tells you they are related, but if you really want to know how, you have to work out the mechanisms." Glade ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City Zoo has welcomed 12 new Eastern collared lizards to its family. According to the OKC Zoo, the Eastern collared lizard is Oklahoma’s official state ...

Kristopher Lappin (Northern Arizona University) and Jerry F. Husak (Oklahoma State University) use the eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris ), a sexually dimorphic lizard in which the ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) - The Oklahoma City Zoo is welcoming the addition of a dozen new collared lizards. The 12 new Eastern ...