There are many different types of reptiles, so it could be difficult to find the best pet lizards without a little guidance. Is a bearded dragon the right one for you? Can a leopard gecko be a good ...

four-and-a-half foot-long pet iguana Cheech went missing. The couple went to dinner at around 6:30 p.m. and returned about two hours later to the window screen of their lizard’s room popped out.

Gila monsters are odd lizards, both from a physical and chemical standpoint. Most people can at least recognize the ...

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Introduce your gecko to a selection of the best toys for pet lizards and they’ll be happy. Gorgeously green, Chinese Water Dragons can make for a beautiful reptile pet. These happy-go-lucky four ...

Today we discuss one of the rarest reptiles in Costa Rica that happens to resemble one of the most common reptiles in Costa Rica. I’m speaking of course about the five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana. The ...

The wall lizard is now a standard entry in books about U.S. lizards. It has become naturalized, meaning it is a nonnative species that is reproducing successfully and maintaining sustainable ...

More frequently, they are smuggled live for the pet trade. There are no native monitor lizards in the Americas. However, the Nile monitor has become an invasive species in Florida, according to a ...

Why they're awesome: Greater short-horned lizards have a squat, flat shape and short snouts, which makes them look more like amphibians than reptiles — hence the nickname "horny toads." ...

There are a couple of kinds of horned lizards in Texas that are threatened and are listed as protected here, so it would be best not to grab any to try to hold as pets. Leave them out there to ...

A study appearing in Behavioral Ecology shows that in male wall lizards, certain behaviors have a greater influence on the way they resolve territorial disputes than their size and coloration.