Hi, Frank Indiviglio here. Please see Green Anole Natural History for information concerning the natural history of the green anole and its relatives.
General
Green anoles became a US pet trade staple in the 1960’s and early 70’s. Labeled “chameleons” due to their color-changing abilities, millions were collected in Florida and Louisiana and sold at circuses, fairs, [...]

Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.We have learned a great deal about the Ultraviolet B (UVB) light requirements of reptiles in recent years. However, the actual process of providing our pets with UVB of the correct wavelength (290-315 nanometers) remains fraught with confusion.
While helping to set up the new reptile house at New York City’s Staten Island [...]

Hi, Frank Indiviglio here.The success that hobbyists have had in establishing breeding populations of so many species of poison frogs is truly astonishing, and has served a greater purpose in removing the financial incentive to collect them from the wild.
Unfortunately, the extraordinary parental care supplied by many poison frogs is difficult to observe in captivity, [...]

Hi, Frank Indiviglio here. Today I’d like to take a look at a much-maligned food insect that can, if used properly, be an important addition to your pets’ diets.
Mealworms (larvae)
A steady diet of mealworms (I refer here to the small mealworm, Tenebrio molitor, not the giant mealworm, Zophobus mario) is not recommended for any reptile [...]

Socially Influenced Mating behavior
Hi, Frank Indiviglio here. Ever wonder how a male frog might draw the attention of a female when he is calling amid hundreds of others? Research published in the August, 2008 “Journal of Comparative Psychology” has revealed that gray treefrogs vary their calls in response to social situations. When alone or in [...]

Click:The Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis carolinensis) in the Wild and Captivity; - Natural History - Part 1 to read the first part of this article.
Introduced Anoles
The green anole is the only anole native to the USA, but eight other species, originating as escaped or released pets, have established breeding populations here. The most common and widespread [...]

The green anole has long been a pet trade staple, but these active, attractively-colored little lizards have quite an interesting natural history as well. Today we’ll take a look at how they live and cope with people, and point out some of their special traits. Next week I’ll cover their care in captivity. Classification
Family Iguanidae, Subfamily [...]

The 1,200+ skink species form the largest lizard family, Scincidae, and among them we find quite a number of unusual animals. Yet the prehensile-tailed skink manages to distinguish itself as unique in not one, but many ways.Largely unknown in the pet trade until the late 1980’s, these arboreal skinks became widely available when logging in [...]

Hi, Frank Indiviglio here. Today I would like to offer a look at how I set up a terrarium for animals in my own collection. After decades keeping animals privately and professionally, my techniques have become a fusion of tried and true methods and ideas that I have either worked out or (often!) stumbled across. [...]

A newly discovered bacteria species (Deviriesea agamarum) is responsible for a variety of fatal organ diseases that currently plague captive lizard populations, according to an article in the September, 2008 issue of The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Particularly hard-hit has been a breeding program for the highly endangered Oman dab lizard, Uromastyx [...]