Eastern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 19,653
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The eastern fence lizard is a medium-sized species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps in the eastern United States. It is sometimes referred to as the fence swift, gray lizard, gravid lizard, northern fence lizard or pine lizard. It is also referred to colloquially as the horn-billed lizard. One of its most notable behaviors is that of its escape behavior when encountering fire ants, which have been known to invade and negatively affect many of their populations.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eastern fence lizard”.