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| Lacerta collected by a Northern Hills biology student. |
Click here to view some more photos of lizard collecting in Topeka, Kansas.
The people in the photos are collecting Italian Wall Lizards. Both Western Green Lacertas and
Wall Lizards are native to parts of Europe and both species became established in Topeka, Kansas after either being set free
or escaping from a pet dealer in the 1950's or early 1960's
Many of the people in the photos are students from Washburn University, Northern Hills Junior High School, and Topeka
Collegiate School. They were attempting to collect lizards for professional herpetologists Joseph T. Collins of the Center
for North American Herpetology.
More information about the lizards can be obtained by clicking on the photos. The photos of the Western Green Lacertas
link to an article by Heather Hollingsworth. The bottom photos of lizard collecting link to a science site at NORTHERN HILLS
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Information about the Kansas Herpetological Society can be obtained by following the herpetology link
at the top of the page or by clicking on the KHS logo at the bottom of the page.
More information about lizards and herpetology in general can be found by searching the Internet. There are thousands
of websites dealing with different aspects of the study of herpetology.
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| 2005 RUNNING OF THE LIZARDS. |
Click on the image of the Italian Wall Lizard above and then click on the image of another Italian Wall Lizard to go to a
page of images in regard to these animals in Topeka, Kansas.
CLICK ON THIS TEXT TO VIEW A PHOTO OF A WALL LIZARD AMONG THE RUINS OF POMPEII, ITALY TAKEN BY BELAI C. MILLS OF PERRY, KANSAS
DURING THE SUMMER OF 2006.
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| "2007 RUNNING OF THE LIZARDS" |
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THE INFORMATION BELOW WAS WRITTEN BY THE KANSAS HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE KHS AS
WELL AS INFORMATION ON HOW TO JOIN CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON THE KHS LOGO.
The Kansas Herpetological Society (KHS) is a non-profit organization established in 1974 to encourage education, disseminate
scientific information through the facilities of the Society, promote conservation of wildlife in general and of amphibians,
turtles, and reptiles in Kansas in particular, and to achieve closer cooperation and understanding among herpetologists, so
that they may work together in common cause. The KHS is devoted to the science of herpetology, not the art of herpetoculture.
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