Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known ...

The first time I saw an eastern fence lizard, the lizard had mistaken my little grandson in his dark fleece jacket for a tree! We were walking that day in First Landing State Park. When I looked down ...

In last week’s column we considered the land snail, one of the slowest critters in our Southern Appalachia fauna. This week we’ll take a look at one of the fastest, the fence lizard, which is also one ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X If you are on the fence about reptiles, this little lizard is appealing. The eastern fence lizard ...