Collared+Lizard

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__**SCIENTIFIC NAME**__ Crotaphytus collaris

**__HABITAT__** The Collared Lizard lives in arid areas with very large rocks all the way to hard woo forest regions.

You would find this animal in areas between Kansas to northeastern Mexico, usually in hilly canyons.
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**__PHYSICAL CHARACTERICS__**   They are large lizards, with slender necks, large head, and long tails. Males are usually and are often brightly with yellow and orange. They  also have two rings going around there neck that's how they got their name.   **__WHAT THEY EAT__** The Collared Lizard eats insects, and possibly other small lizards, but scientists do not know for sure.

**__BEHAVIOR AND ADAPTIONS__** Eastern Collared Lizards are diurnal, but are wary to strangers who might get to close. Although they get into danger allot, Collared Lizards can get aggressive and fiesty.

**__REPRODUCTION__** These lizards are oviparous, they lay in between 2-11 eggs in each clutch. Under normal circumstances breeding begins in May and goes through June.

**__RELATIONSHIP TO PEOPLE__** Collared Lizards can help maintain the population of grasshoppers, beetles, and moths.

**__STATUS__** The Collared Lizard is very common especially in Texas.

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