Eastern Collared Lizard Images

Eastern Collared Lizard Images, Facts and Information:

Crotaphytus collaris

• Eastern Collared Lizards are large, colorful lizards with robust bodies, broad heads, long tails, and two distinctive black collars around their necks. Males have bright blue-green or green bodies with orange or yellow markings, while females are duller with tan or brown coloration.
• Eastern Collared Lizards are year-round residents primarily in the south-central and central United States, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and parts of northern Mexico. Some isolated populations occur in nearby states.
• Eastern Collared Lizards thrive in dry, open habitats with rocky outcrops, cliffs, canyons, and sparse vegetation. They prefer areas with abundant limestone or sandstone rocks where they can bask and watch for predators.
• Eastern Collared Lizards eat insects, spiders, and smaller lizards. They use their strong jaws to capture prey and defend themselves.
• Eastern Collared Lizards lay 4 to 11 eggs in burrows or under rocks during late spring to early summer. Females may lay one or two clutches per year. The young hatch after about 6 to 8 weeks.
• Eastern Collared Lizards are territorial and use push-ups, head bobs, and bright coloration to communicate. They are fast runners and can run bipedally on their hind legs.
• Eastern Collared Lizards are sometimes called “mountain boomers”.
• The oldest known Eastern Collared Lizard lived up to 8 years in the wild.

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