are there lizards in newyork?

Answer 1

Yes!

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Fence Lizard
Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801) Reptiles Printer Friendly Version (PDF)

Fence Lizard (female) Jesse W. Jaycox
Family: Spiny Lizards (Phrynosomatidae)

State Protection: Threatened Species This level of state protection means: any species which meet one of the following criteria: 1) Any native species likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future in New York. 2) Any species listed as threatened by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Federal Protection: Not Listed

State Rarity Rank: S1 A State Rarity Rank of S1 means: Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology makes it especially vulnerable in New York State.
Global Rarity Rank: G5 A Global Rarity Rank of G5 means: Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

Did you know?
Fence lizards are named for their habit of basking on rail fences. In other parts of their range, they are known as pine lizards because of their occurrence in open pine woods (Conant and Collins 1998).

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Five extant, naturally occurring, populations are known and there is one introduced population on Staten Island that has persisted since 1942 when 29 individuals were released. When appropriate separation distances are taken into consideration, the five naturally occurring populations would be combined into two occurrences. There are three occurrences when the introduced population is considered. There is some evidence of decline in one location and two additional locations where this species was recorded in the 1920's, 1930's, and 1950's are now believed to be extirpated for unknown reasons.

Answer 2

Yeah, landhermit's right - I would only add that fence lizards are a grayish-brown (or brownish-gray), about 5-6" long, give or take, and look kind of spiny, like they're wearing a pointy pine-cone skin. I wouldn't expect to see them in NYC, but in the NY country-side you might see one. Personally, I haven't seen one in years, so I don't have a good feel for how common they are. NY may be within the range of the relatively common 5-lined Skink, as well. If it has stripes on its back and a blue tail, it's one of those.

Answer 3

Probrably Northern Fence Lizard in very small numbers.
New York would be the extreme northern end of its range.
To find populations of lizards in decent numbers you would have to go to Virginia, Maryland, maybe souther New jersey
In Virginia and Maryland you would find about five or six different kinds of lizards.

I have lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut most of my life and have never seen a lizard in the wild.

Answer 4

there are lizards all over the place and probably in new york too many peopel think there arent but not in the cities most likely in the more suburban areeas or upstate not in the cities tho they have no place to live

Answer 5

Nope no native wild lizards

Answer 6

At least 4 species:

http://www.wnyherp.org/field-guide/reptile/snakes/

Answer 7

sure in zoo's and as people's pets and it wouldn't suprise me if they were in the sewers from careless owners.