Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Eastern Fence Lizards are common in North Carolina, found throughout the state except in the tidewater area of the Coastal Plain.

Wake Co., NC 5/5/2012.

Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Female with some red mites attached.

Orange Co., NC 7/5/03

Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Adult males have brilliant iridescent blue and green markings on their bellies.

Male, Occoneechee Mountain, Orange Co., NC, 4/7/2002.

Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

A well-marked individual on the side of a railroad rail.

Granville Co., NC 4/29/07.

Adult female at Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC, 4/13/2002.

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