While dogs, cats and freshwater fish are the most popular pets — 122.7 million U.S. households have at least one of these animals as pets — reptiles are present in about 6 million U.S. homes. If ...

Over 100 invasive lizards the size of dogs have been reported throughout South Carolina and are destroying the local ...

Idris Addo beamed as he held a plastic container with his scaly new family member, a spotted leopard gecko named Cersei. “I wanted an animal that I could hold,” said Idris, 8, adding, “Its middle name ...

Here’s what you should do if you encounter an invasive dog-sized lizards in South Carolina, Department of Natural Resources ...

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About this time of year, tegus are likely to be ready to brumate, where the body slows down and may not move for weeks. Tegus are better able to withstand cold than most lizards. They have the ability ...

The species have been banned in the state since Memorial Day weekend in 2021, making it illegal to bring the lizards there or breed them. Despite the ban, people who own tegu as pets were ...