Where can I look to find fence lizards or eggs? I've wanted to see one so bad. I have friends who have a farm with a nice pond with lots of reptiles but where do fence lizards hang out?
Thanks
Drew
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Fence Lizards
DTurtle
Jul 15, 2003 09:26 AM
Replies (3)
Jason W
Jul 17, 2003 01:59 PM
Were are you located. What kind of fence lizards are you looking for? If it is Western you are looking for I may be able to help. If you are located in northern California you may be able to even go out with us next time we do our research and I will show you some. Were I live they are verry plentifull and seen every day.
RR
DTurtle
Jul 17, 2003 08:36 PM
I live in NJ
thanks anyway
Jason W
Jul 19, 2003 05:01 PM
In that case I believe it would be E. Fence Lizards "Sceloporus undulatus" you seek. Here is a little snipit I took from a site I found on google
Eastern fence lizards are common on the Savannah River Site. They frequent sunny locations and will live in rotting logs in open woodlands. Fence lizards vary in color from gray to brown. Males have a blue throat patch. Adults typically range in length from 4 to 8 inches. Eastern fence lizards and several subspecies can be found from Delaware to Florida and extend west to New Mexico and Arizona. They feed on insects, beetles, spiders, centipedes and snails.
It would apear they are much like Western Fence Lizards as far as the text shows. Blow is more that I found while searching
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Only once have I captured a pair of lizards of this species, but those individuals lived happily in a school classroom for an entire year, and made most satisfactory school "pets." They are alert and attentive lizards and tame down well, accepting human proximity without panicking, and may even be enticed to accept food from fingers. Wild individuals are prone to bite, but they are small enough that it is not painful, and they usually let go quickly.
Eastern fence lizards are adroit climbers, and should be provided a pile of medium sized rocks onto which they can climb to bask, and under which they can seek shade. They are also adept at burying themselves in sand, particularly at night, and should be provided a substrate of fine-grained sand in which they can hide. They are good jumpers, and will spend considerable time hanging upside down on a screen top under their basking light. A screen top with a sliding door is highly recommended if the top of their enclosure is less than 8" or 9" [~20 cm] from the top of the highest rock.
Like all members of Genus Sceloporus, their sharp, overlapping scales provide a ready refuge for ticks, particularly the large red-orange variety. Ticks breed quickly, and a heavy infestation can weaken a lizard to such an extent that they languish and die. I have never used any of the various insecticide treatments for reptiles, but have successfully controlled (although never eliminated) tick infestations by regularly picking or scraping them off each lizard onto a smooth, hard surface where they can be crushed with fingernails
Do a Google search www.google.com for Eastern Fence Lizards. There is a lot of info there on them. Hope this helps.
RR
