In 2011 it was the turtle. Now, 2012 has been proclaimed the Year of the Lizard by Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) to raise awareness for lizard conservation. The Connecticut ...

If you are hiking along the rocky ridges of Allamuchy State Park, Jenny Jump State Forest or in the Kittatinny Mountains, keep your eyes open for Warren County’s only lizard species, the five-line ...

Claim to fame: Five-lined skinks are among the most common lizards found over much of the state (including this area), but they’re much more frequently heard than seen. They’re often the lizards ...

The other day when I came home, I found a visitor enjoying the mid-day sun on my front porch steps. It was big dark lizard with light brown stripes- a female broad-headed skink, I think. Our largest ...

Five-lined skinks are native to Frederick County. Often seen darting to a hiding place when disturbed, the American five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) likes to sun itself. Adults are about 6 to 9 ...

New England is home to dozens of species of mammals, hundreds of varieties of birds and tens of thousands of different insects, but only one lizard: the five-lined skink. Though I am fond of reptiles ...

Have you ever stepped outside your house and seen a lizard with a blue tail scurry across your porch? Chances are it was a five-lined skink, a reptile that spends a lot of its time around houses and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - 2012 has been proclaimed the year of the lizard in Connecticut, with the idea being to raise awareness of conservation. No one's ever gotten a good headcount of Connecticut's ...

Looks like: This small lizard has shiny scales. Juveniles are black with five thin, yellow stripes and a bright blue tail. As they age, the tail and stripes fade and adults become brown or olive color ...

The five-lined skink is the only native New Jersey lizard that is found throughout the state. (Two others, the brown skink and fence lizard, are found only in the southern part of the state.) In North ...

Meet a ground skink, for a change. We all know about the pretty five-lined skinks, the lizards with blue tails, that we see sunning in our yards. We’ve also seen the bigger broadhead skinks. The males ...

Question: This little guy lives around our house. We see him almost daily. Do you know what he is? Salamander? Skink? Lizard? The animal pictured is both a lizard and a skink – specifically, a Common ...