Western fence lizards can darken in warmer temperatures, sometimes appearing black in color. Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times Fence lizards choose conspicuous basking places, such as tree trunks ...

Eastern fence lizards are spiny, with rough, pointed scales lining their backs. Also, their dorsal colors can be gray, brown, or bronze with several narrow, wavy, and dark crossbands, which are ...

In her trials, Putman wore tank tops of various colors—red, gray, light blue, dark blue—and then attempted to approach and capture western fence lizards in public and private parkland in L.A.

If you are on the fence about reptiles, this little lizard is appealing. The eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulates) is classified in the group of reptiles called spiny lizards, and it is the ...

The color of T-shirts people wear affects escape behavior in western fence lizards, according to a study published August 9, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Breanna Putman from ...

At each site, Putman approached the blue-throated western fence lizards wearing four different shirt colors: dark blue, light blue, grey, and red.

Settle down everybody. A backyard lizard invasion has not begun. OK, maybe it has, but no reason to panic. Alligator lizards, Western Fence lizards and even the occasional side-blotched lizard are … ...

A very common lizard in southern Jersey, the Northern Fence Lizard, also nicknamed the “Pine Lizard”, can be found in the open-dry pine forest on the ground near rotten logs, downed trees, old ...

You have probably seen hundreds of them in your life, the unassuming Western fence lizard. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 46°F. Saturday, March 1st 2025 e-Edition.

A western fence lizard — a.k.a. blue belly — presides over its domain from atop a stump. (James Maughn) ... light and dark markings or. white spots. Up to 2.5 inches, not including tail.

The color of T-shirts people wear affects escape behavior in western fence lizards, according to a study published August 9, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Breanna Putman from ...