Biologist Alan Templeton fell in love with the eastern collared lizard that lives in the hot, dry Ozark glades when he was 13. By the time he returned from graduate and postgraduate work, 75 percent ...

Continuing along the track of a previous article, let me introduce you to another interesting lizard occurring in our area! After discussing the horned lizard in a prior article, and to give equal ...

Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 2017), pp. 197-201 (5 pages) Increasing evidence indicates that sex-determination mechanisms in reptiles (genotypic sex determination [GSD] and temperature ...

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of ...

Colorful reptile protected by fire, study shows. Aug. 25, 2011 — -- Alan Templeton was a 13-year-old Boy Scout when he saw his first collared lizard in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. He returned ...

A male collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, surveyed its territory from atop a small boulder. I approached to get a better look, but it moved to hide in a clump of grass. I approached again, and it ...

EUREKA SPRINGS — The city of Eureka Springs wants to preserve and promote the Eastern collared lizards that live in an old limestone quarry at Lake Leatherwood Park. Locally known as “mountain boomers ...

Forty-three eastern collared lizards bred at the Little Rock Zoo have new homes in the Arkansas Ozarks thanks to an innovative collaboration among the zoo, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, ...

A male collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, surveyed its territory from atop a small boulder. I approached to get a better look, but it moved to hide in a clump of grass. I approached again, and it ...

Now, that’s a horse of a different color. Or, in this case, a lizard of another species—four species. Recent research suggests that the collared treerunner (Plica plica), previously thought of as one ...

Editor’s note: “Critters” features insects, spiders, snakes and other freaky/fun creatures unique to the Grand Valley. You know, the kinds of critters you aim to keep your distance from, but love to ...