Sceloporus lizards. Medical search. Frequent questions

Action: changed name from "Sceloporus undulatus ssp. (berkeley.edu)
We compared the surface structure (using a scanning electron microscope), dimensions, and shapes of the fossil scales with scales from seven Recent species of Sceloporus (S. occidentalis, S. undulatus, S. graciosus, S. jarrovii, S. orcutti, S. clarkii, and S. magister). (amnh.org)
Outer surface protein E (OspE) mediates Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strain-specific complement evasion in the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus . (cabi.org)
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Basks in the Sun on the Trail. (alapark.com)
Typical female fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) sport drab brown colors, but a few of them display the shiny blue neck patches more commonly found on males. (wildlife.org)
Herein we review our work involving dispersed adrenocortical cells from several lizard species: the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii), Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatus) and the Yucatán Banded Gecko (Coleonyx elegans). (bvsalud.org)
We investigated effects of gonadectomy and testosterone (T) replacement on adrenocortical cell function in a year-long field study of male Sceloporus undulatus (Eastern Fence Lizard) and in a shorter term laboratory study with male Sceloporus jarrovii (Yarrow's Spiny Lizard). (bvsalud.org)

Sceloporus occidentalis. (eugeneweekly.com)

As a member of the spiny lizard family, the Fence lizard is the only lizard native to Georgia and South Carolina that has rough scales. (x700.gallery)
On the drive in I found a couple small junk piles, but they yielded nothing more than a few Ground Skinks and a Texas Spiny Lizard. (pingleton.com)
I know, not a true Emerald because not live birth) But I really really want offspring and 14 live Blue Spiny lizards sounds like fun to me! (kingsnake.com)
Emeralds are rainforest lizards while blue spiny lizards are desert lizards. (kingsnake.com)
What about Blue Spiny lizards? (kingsnake.com)
When I lose my Emerald I'm looking to get a pair of Blue Spiny lizards. (kingsnake.com)
A slightly battered female desert spiny lizard takes a rest from the hot Arizona sun in the shade of a mesquite tree. (nathab.com)
Sceloporus cowlesi (Southwestern Fence Lizard) is a species of Squamata in the family North American spiny lizards . (eol.org)
Issue 104(3) features a rather dignified-looking desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister) on the cover. (ca.gov)
We investigated effects of restricted food intake on sensitivity to ACTH and rates of steroidogenesis in adrenocortical cells isolated from growing female and male Yarrow's Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus jarrovii). (bvsalud.org)

The Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi, p. 289). (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi, pp. 531-532 + Plate 376). (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi, p. 105 + Plate 16 + Map 68). (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi, p. 299 + Plate 27). (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi, pp. 122-123). (wikipedia.org)
Sceloporus woodi, new species, pp. 90-92). (wikipedia.org)
The Florida Scrub Lizard ( Sceloporus woodi ) is a species of concern belonging in the species group "reptiles" and found in the following area(s): Florida. (earthsendangered.com)
Sceloporus woodi, aka Florida scrub lizards, a small nearly endangered multi-colored lizard native to Florida, changed his life. (eku.edu)

In this study, we consider the effects of food availability on these trade-offs in a wild population of female sagebrush lizards (Sceloporus graciosus) during the breeding season. (elsevierpure.com)
Reptiles found in the park include the plateau striped whiptail ( Cnemidophorus velox ) and sagebrush lizard ( Sceloporus graciosus ). (azstateparks.com)

Our objective was to identify the species of Sceloporus represented by the fossil scales, with a view to improving our understanding of the communities that formerly inhabited the fossil localities. (amnh.org)
The scales in 11 samples of fossils were such that we could not confidently identify the species of Sceloporus they represented. (amnh.org)
We conclude that the rapid (days) remodeling of adrenocortical steroidogenic function through fluctuating cell subpopulations drives the circulating corticosteroid profile of Sceloporus lizard species. (bvsalud.org)
We urge further studies using native lizard species as bioindicators of local pollutants and as models to examine the broader eco-exposome. (bvsalud.org)

We studied the seasonal fluctuations in the eviscerated body weight, liver, fat bodies, and volume of food eaten in a population of viviparous lizard Sceloporus torquatus torquatus inhabiting the southern part of the Valley of Mexico. (bioone.org)
Manuel Feria Ortiz , Isaías H. Salgado Ugarte , and Uri Omar García-Vázquez "Fat Body, Liver, and Carcass Mass Cycles In the Viviparous Lizard Sceloporus torquatus torquatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)," The Southwestern Naturalist 63(1), 1-7, (1 March 2018). (bioone.org)

Western fence lizard. (eugeneweekly.com)

Surface structure of fossil and Recent epidermal scales from North American lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Reptilia, Iguanidae). (amnh.org)
More than 2000 fossil epidermal scales from lizards of the genus Sceloporus have been found in the American Southwest (Arizona, California, Nevada) in 35 fossil packrat (Neotoma) middens, ranging in age from 21,700 [plus or minus] 500 to 2720 [plus or minus] 100 radiocarbon years. (amnh.org)

The adult Florida scrub lizard is about 5 inches (13 cm) in total length (including tail). (wikipedia.org)
Earth's Endangered Creatures - Florida Scrub Lizard Facts" (Online) - Licensed article from Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (earthsendangered.com)
The first meaningful experience and the one that really changed my outlook was I got a chance to go to Florida with a faculty member and study scrub lizards in the Ocala National Forest. (eku.edu)

Fence lizards are most commonly grayish in color, but may range from nearly black to brown. (x700.gallery)
Range and Habitat: Fence lizards range across the Southeast and are common in many habitats from the mountains to the coast. (x700.gallery)
Unlike other lizards, though, fence lizards are not particularly common on barrier islands. (x700.gallery)
While seldom found far from trees, fence lizards are most common in dry, open forests, particularly if there are abundant logs and stumps where they may hide. (x700.gallery)
Habits: Although sometimes found on the ground, fence lizards are one of our most arboreal (tree-dwelling) lizards and usually dash for the nearest tree when approached. (x700.gallery)
When pursued, the fence lizard will stay on the opposite side of the tree from the predator, in the same fashion as a squirrel. (x700.gallery)
Prey: Fence lizards eat a wide variety of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates. (x700.gallery)
Reproduction: Female fence lizards generally lay 3 -16 eggs in the late spring. (x700.gallery)
Abundance: Fence lizards are common lizards throughout the southeast, particularly in open forests and field edges. (x700.gallery)

El resultado final consistirá en una base de datos con el inventario de las aves, reptiles y crustáceos terrestres. (gbif.org)

The lizard becomes sexually mature in 10 to 11 months. (wikipedia.org)
This was evident when sexually mature and immature Sceloporus lizards were subjected to a nutritional stressor, cricket restriction/deprivation. (bvsalud.org)

Nonetheless, extra work is required to look at the complicated relationships between environmental components and endocrine transducers that modulate reproductive cycles, significantly in lizards. (holliseden.com)

The most reliable method for studying surface micro-ornamentation on Sceloporus scales is to work with living captives and examine their newly exposed scale surfaces immediately following molting. (amnh.org)
Small scales cannot be identified with certainty because most of the small scales on large lizards cannot be distinguished readily from the larger scales on small lizards. (amnh.org)

In her project Every Word Was Once an Animal: Sceloporus (2018), artist Carla Bengtson worked with biologists to develop a perfume based on scent pheromones produced by Sceloporus lizards. (sfmcd.org)

We manipulated food availability by supplementing some lizards but not others. (elsevierpure.com)

Experiments were conducted to determine if the reduced spirochetal prevalence in adult ticks is due to the presence of anti-borrelial antibodies or to another borreliacidal factor in the blood of the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, a primary host of subadult I. pacificus, or to loss of spirochetes as nymphal ticks molt to the adult stage. (nih.gov)
This subspecies is distinguished from other types of Western Fence Lizard by range and appearance. (herpwiki.com)
The validity of the various Western Fence Lizard subspecies is currently debated, with some authors recognizing no subspecies and others stating some should be given full species status based on morphological and molecular data. (herpwiki.com)
Another relative of the sagebrush lizard is a Western Fence Lizard . (kidadl.com)
If a tick carrying Lyme disease bites a western fence lizard, the tick will no longer carry the disease. (tmparksfoundation.org)
Image: Greg Schechter, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Fence_Lizard_(Sceloporus_occidentalis)_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker_(1).jpg , license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en , cropped from original. (tmparksfoundation.org)

I thought I saw a banded tail as it disappeared, and thought it might be a Crevice Spiny Lizard, a species which I had hoped to see while in New Mexico. (wildherps.com)
The yellow-backed spiny lizard is a common lizard in our desert, they can even be quite common in urbanized areas. (redcliffsdesertreserve.com)
As a member of the spiny lizard family, the Fence lizard is the only lizard native to Georgia and South Carolina that has rough scales. (x700.gallery)
A crevice spiny lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, KS. (joelsartore.com)
The number of terrestrial and medium-sized lizard species, such as the spiny lizard Sceloporus utiformis , increased after Jova while arboreal and small-sized lizards, such as the tree lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus , decreased after Jova. (databasefootball.com)

As its name suggests, the Eastern Fence Lizard is often seen atop fences or walls. (scparc.org)

Phrynosoma douglasii , Pygmy Short-horned Lizard. (pugetsound.edu)
The Texas Horned Lizard ( Phrynosoma cornutum ) has been introduced through the pet trade and is much wider in appearance with longer horn-like projections on the head and sides. (scparc.org)

The prairie lizard is a small, gray to brown, rough-scaled lizard common in open forests. (mo.gov)

The Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. (wikipedia.org)
The Phrynosomatidae family is formed of nine genera of lizards similar in features to a common sagebrush lizard. (kidadl.com)
Aggressive sexual behaviour and spatial distribution of the polymorphic lizard Sceloporus minor (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Central Mexico. (salamandra-journal.com)
Phrynosomatidae are a family of lizards found in North and Central America. (animalinfoworld.com)
Phrynosomatidae are a family of lizards that are characterized by their small size and spiny scales. (animalinfoworld.com)
Phrynosomatidae are a family of lizards that are adapted to a wide range of habitats. (animalinfoworld.com)
The Phrynosomatidae, commonly known as spiny lizards, defend themselves from attacks by using their sharp spines and scales to deter predators. (animalinfoworld.com)
The Phrynosomatidae is a family of lizards that hunt and gather food in a variety of ways. (animalinfoworld.com)

These lizards are primarily arboreal, often found resting on the tree trunks. (animalhype.com)

How many sagebrush lizards are there in the world? (kidadl.com)
Common Sagebrush Lizards are typically found in sagebrush fields, as their name suggests, but you can also find them in grasslands and among dunes. (birdwatchinghq.com)

Morrison, Randall L., Sherbrooke, Wade C. and Sally K. Frost-Mason (1996) Temperature sensitive, physiologically active iridophores in the lizard Urosaurus ornatus: An ultrastructural analysis . (mcdaniel.edu)

This kind of lizard often climbs trees to get at insects (note the ant at the bottom edge of the hole). (midatlantichikes.com)
These spiny lizards eat a wide variety of insects and even scorpions! (birdwatchinghq.com)

Look for Prairie Lizards in Nebraska in habitats with lots of places to perch, including open forests, tall grass fields, or even dunes. (birdwatchinghq.com)

In New Mexico, where 73 percent of total lizard habitat is located, the Service partnered in 2008 with the state, the federal Bureau of Land Management and the nonprofit Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management. (ens-newswire.com)
In March 2012, the New Mexico State Land Office enrolled all lizard habitat on State Trust lands under these agreements. (ens-newswire.com)
At the same time, the Service says "scores" of ranching and oil and gas interests operating on private and BLM lands in New Mexico enrolled in the agreements, and BLM removed prime lizard habitat from eligibility for oil and gas leasing. (ens-newswire.com)
As a result, 95 percent of the total dunes sagebrush lizard habitat in New Mexico is now protected under the conservation agreements. (ens-newswire.com)
In Texas, where about 27 percent of total lizard habitat is located, the Service signed a conservation agreement in February 2012, with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts that provides for the conservation of the dunes sagebrush lizard while ensuring regulatory predictability for landowners. (ens-newswire.com)
Enrollment in the plan commits participants to a set of conservation measures over 30 years that are intended to avoid and minimize adverse effects to lizard habitat and restore previously developed habitat. (ens-newswire.com)
An estimated 71 percent of the lizard's habitat in Texas is now enrolled under the Texas Plan and $800,000 has been earmarked for lizard habitat restoration. (ens-newswire.com)

Reptiles, including turtles, lizards, and snakes, are also vertebrates, and most are ectothermal, but unlike amphibians, reptiles have dry skin with scales, the ones with legs have claws, and they do not have to live part of their lives in water. (mo.gov)
Although considered predators, they too are prey for birds, small mammals, snakes, other lizards and even fire ants. (nih.gov)
They are often found in the company of other animals, such as lizards, snakes, and birds. (animalinfoworld.com)

Hiking in the woods, you may hear these small lizards scurrying through dead leaves, but you seldom see them. (mo.gov)

This is the only native species of lizard in the Southeastern United States that has a spiny appearance. (scparc.org)
This species of lizard can grow up to a length of 8.4 inches long. (bayrefuge.org)

A common, small- to medium-sized lizard with a mottled brown dorsum and blue coloration underneath. (herpwiki.com)
It is a medium-sized lizard found in open sunny areas along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or wooden fences. (nih.gov)

Sceloporus woodi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. (wikipedia.org)
With over 6,000 species found all across the world (except Antarctica), Lizards are one of the most widespread members of the reptile family. (animalhype.com)

Protection from overheating of simulated Sceloporus horridus lizards in a biosphere reserve of seasonally dry tropical forest in central Mexico. (bvsalud.org)
In seasonally dry ecosystems , loss of vegetation cover leads to warmer microclimates that can increase lizards ' body temperatures to the point of threatening their performance. (bvsalud.org)
Adding to this anthropogenic pressure, beaded lizard populations, with rare exceptions occur primarily in seasonally dry tropical forests, the most endangered biome in Mesoamerica owing to persistent deforestation for agriculture, cattle ranching, and a burgeoning human population. (serpentresearch.com)
In both beaded lizards and seasonally dry tropical forests, the tempo of evolution and diversification was uneven, and their current distributions are fragmented. (serpentresearch.com)

The Great Plains skink is a large, tan or light brown lizard with most of the scales edged in black, making it look speckled. (mo.gov)
The broad-headed skink is a large, smooth-scaled lizard that lives in the southern two-thirds of Missouri. (mo.gov)
The Florida Sand Skinks are a species of skink lizards that are native to Florida. (animalhype.com)

The beaded lizard ( Heloderma horridum ) has a fragmented distribution in Mesoamerica that extends from northwestern Mexico to eastern Guatemala. (serpentresearch.com)
Heloderma alvarezi (Chiapan beaded lizard), H. charlesbogerti (Guatemalan beaded lizard), H. exasperatum (Río Fuerte beaded lizard), and H. horridum (Mexican beaded lizard), with no changes in their vernacular names. (serpentresearch.com)
2013. Taxonomic reassessment and conservation status of the beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum (Squamata: Helodermatidae). (serpentresearch.com)

Elgaria coerulea , Northern Alligator Lizard. (pugetsound.edu)
Elgaria multicarinata , Southern Alligator Lizard. (pugetsound.edu)

This small brown or gray lizard has large overlapping scales on its body, giving it a very rough or spiny appearance. (scparc.org)

Endemic to Hispaniola and the Bahamas, the Bark Anoles are a small species of anole lizards with highly varied body color ranging from green to greyish-brown. (animalhype.com)

They are related to the whiptail lizards that live in the western United States. (mo.gov)

After repletion and the transstadial molt, none of 62 resultant adult ticks from both groups of lizards was found to contain spirochetes. (nih.gov)
Lizards serve as hosts for Ixodes ticks in the western and southeastern United States and may affect the transmission cycles of Borrelia burgdorferi in these regions. (nih.gov)
and 21 ticks from these lizards for the presence of B. burgdorferi. (nih.gov)

With over 6,000 known species, lizards come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns, and you can find them on every continent except Antarctica. (serpentresearch.com)

Despite being very elusive creatures, you should see a couple of our native lizards on campus especially in the Memorial Garden, patio areas, and wood-lines. (nih.gov)
Native to southeastern New Mexico and west Texas, the dunes sagebrush lizard occurs only in sand dunes associated with shinnery oak. (ens-newswire.com)

In total, we recorded 3, 943 individuals representing 17 species of frogs and toads and 18 lizard species. (databasefootball.com)

These tailed, quadrupedal beings, also commonly known as lizards, proudly wander around our houses uninvited. (kidadl.com)

This study suggests that some lizards indigenous to the mid-Atlantic region may serve as alternative reservoirs for B. burgdorferi. (nih.gov)
The new study suggests beaded lizards diverged from a most-recent common ancestor about 35 million years ago in the Late Eocene, and subsequent diversification occurred during the late Miocene (9.71 mya), followed by a lengthy stasis of up to five million years, more recent diversification extended into the Pliocene and Pleistocene. (serpentresearch.com)

On July 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("the Service") proposed to list the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) ("DSL"), a species found only in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas, as an endangered. (jdsupra.com)

August 14th is World Lizard Day. (serpentresearch.com)

In December 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the dunes sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus , as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. (ens-newswire.com)
Together they developed conservation agreements for the dunes sagebrush lizard that allow the oil and gas and ranching industries to participate and have their activities covered under these agreements. (ens-newswire.com)

After decades of surveying Sceloporus lizard populations in Mexico, an international research team has found that rising temperatures have driven 12% of the country's lizard populations to extinction. (aaas.org)
Despite its large size and charismatic nature, knowledge of the ecology, geographic distribution, and status of beaded lizard populations remains limited. (serpentresearch.com)

Although the viability of the B. burgdorferi in these lizards was unconfirmed, recovery of bacterial DNA in a tail snip suggests that the infections in these lizards were disseminated. (nih.gov)

Ten lizards were each exposed to the feeding activities of 10 nymphs having a 78% prevalence of B. burgdorferi infection. (nih.gov)
Five of the lizards had been hyperimmunized first with 10(8) heat-killed spirochetes and 5 were seronegative to B. burgdorferi. (nih.gov)
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA in lizards from Southern Maryland. (nih.gov)
Eight lizards were positive by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for at least one B. burgdorferi-specific marker. (nih.gov)
This is the first report of B. burgdorferi sensu stricto detected in lizards in the mid-Atlantic region. (nih.gov)

A few days later I saw several more of these handsome lizards, but the day was warmer and the lizards were warier. (wildherps.com)

Therefore, the main cues to sound direction that mammals use - binaural time and intensity cues due to arrival-time differences and sound shadowing by the head - will be very small in lizards. (biologists.com)

2009 ) Sex-specific visual performance: female lizards outperform males in motion detection. (neurotree.org)
These lizards display sexual dimorphism, with the males being slightly larger than their female counterparts. (animalhype.com)

North Carolina is home to twelve (12) species of lizards, but only eight (8) are found in the Piedmont region. (nih.gov)
In this article, we will look at 30 lizard species commonly found in the state. (animalhype.com)
9 Types of Lizards Found in Nebraska! (birdwatchinghq.com)

Undulatus7

Occidentalis1

Spiny10

Woodi10

Graciosus2

Species4

Torquatus2

Western Fence1

Genus2

Florida3

Fence9

Reptiles1

Sexually mature2

Reproductive1

Scales2

ANIMAL1

Food1

Western fence6

Spiny lizard5

Eastern Fence1

Phrynosoma2

Prairie lizard1

Phrynosomatidae8

Arboreal1

Sagebrush lizards2

Urosaurus1

Insects2

Habitats1

Habitat7

Snakes3

Small lizards1

Species of lizard2

Medium-sized lizard2

Reptile2

Seasonally dry4

Skink3

Heloderma3

Alligator Lizard2

Gray lizard1

Endemic1

Whiptail1

Ticks3

6,0001

Native2

Frogs1

Commonly known1

Study suggests2

20231

14th1

Dunes2

Populations2

Suggests1

Burgdorferi5

Warmer1

Mammals1

Males2

Found3