Eastern Fence Lizard Caught Basking In Jackson

  JACKSON – An Eastern fence lizard, New Jersey’s only native spiny lizard, was recently photographed soaking up the sun on a fence at the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson.

  Often found along forest edges, open woodlands, and shrublands in the southern portion of the state, the Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) is known for its rough, keeled, and pointed scales. A distinctive dark stripe runs lengthwise along the back of each thigh in both sexes, though their coloration and patterns differ.

  Males are typically brown with little to no back patterning, but can be identified by the striking blue patches on the sides of their bellies and the base of their throats. Females, more…