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G3Saint t1_iu0m955 wrote

If you are lucky enough to have seen one, please do not disclose the location. That would bring them to extinction.

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urbanevol t1_iu0ok44 wrote

Never seen one, but there are nonnative Italian wall lizards that have been introduced into CT. Primarily Greenwich but probably other coastal towns

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allonsyyy t1_iu15ou9 wrote

I used to find these hiking when I was a kid! My dad said they were blue-tailed skinks tho, guess he got the name a bit wrong. I was always excited to find them, and salamanders. Never see either of them anymore. I guess I don't spend as much time looking under rocks anymore, either.

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Justagreewithme t1_iu1kwst wrote

Nope. I have seen reptiles like salamanders, but never that.

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0cclumency t1_iu1mp90 wrote

I saw one once maybe like 12 years ago or so at Lake Compounce. Never seen one before or since!

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_iu1mq5l wrote

I found them before in one of the five areas where they can be found, "along ledges in southwestern Hartford County." Hanging Hills area.

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BlackFlag187 t1_iu1svld wrote

I have only ever seen one, and I’m a fairly avid outdoorsmen, when I was 12 hiking over pine ledge. I said “Dad, look at that lizard! I didn’t know we had lizards in Connecticut.” My Dad, “We don’t.” He didn’t see it…

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Pancrat t1_iu1y6zs wrote

Up until 2005/2006 we’d fine reptiles and amphibians ALL OVER ct including Hartford backyards. They went from a common occurrence you could pile up in a 2 liter to completely gone by 2012. Not just in Hartford but in Tolland county backwoods we couldn’t find even a salamander under a rock anymore. I’ve always wondered what caused the insane drop off.

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forwardinthelight t1_iu26utd wrote

Replying to Joggingmusic (#270,806)

No, they are not. All lizards are reptiles, while amphibians are neither reptiles nor lizards. Here is a super simplified vertebrate evolutionary tree. Note that reptiles are more closely related to mammals than they are to amphibians.

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