As the weather begins to heat up here in Chandler, Arizona, we always get many fence lizards in our yard crawling all over our walls. They're very neat little guys, but are extremely fast. I've had success catching them simply by chasing them and catching them by hand as well as using a butterfly net. But this year, my 8 year-old sister and I decided to create a 'lizard trap' using a small tank with crickets in the bottom. It was a success! Here's our first capture:
I've always found with these lizards that once you catch them, they calm right down and will sit nicely still for photos. He was a good-sized one with a nice full tail:
You can see why they're sometimes called 'blue-bellies':
This one also had orange and green on his chin:
I'm fairly certain these are of the sceloporus genus, but does anyone know the full species name? Also, although I wouldn't ever try it (due to possible injury or pesticides), do you think a corn snake would eat one of these?