Lounging Northern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus) from Jeff Busby Park, Mississippi
The Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) is a medium sized species of lizard found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps from the Mid-Atlantic states (Southern New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) across the southeast states to the Great Plains, and south into northern Mexico. They are sometimes referred to as the Prairie Lizard, Texas Swift, or Gray Lizard.