Lizard Fencing

Animex wildlife fencing is designed and tested to control lizard movement and exclude them from unwanted or dangerous areas. It optimizes natural lizard behavior to encourage safe and fast movement away from the fence line and, unlike mesh fencing, inhibits climbing and entanglement.

Controlling lizard movement

Lizard species are potentially at risk of becoming trapped in foundation trenches, pipework, or machinery on poorly fenced construction sites. Additionally, researchers in the United States have ranked 18% of lizard species at high or very high risk of becoming road-kill on highways. Lizards are susceptible to crushing by road traffic or earth-moving equipment because they are slow moving, do not avoid roads, and are simply too small for drivers to see and avoid. Since paved roads and surfaced areas on development sites typically absorb and retain more heat than the surrounding environment, lizards – like other reptiles – are often attracted to them for thermo-regulation, making their occurrence on these surfaces more frequent than their population would suggest.

It is the responsibility of planning engineers to reduce the ecological impact construction sites and roads have, and to use mitigation measures as tools in ecological conservation. Fencing, along with other mitigation measures, such as tunnels, has been shown to reduce construction site deaths and road-kill without disrupting the animals’ life cycle, but it has to be the right kind of fencing or lizards will find a way through it or climb over it.

Fencing can also be used to aid population assessment before the development of new construction sites.

IMAGES: Temporary AMX-T fencing was used to contain reptiles, including viviparous lizards, during a translocation in the UK.

Top 5 lizard species Animex is commonly used for:

Dunes sagebrush
lizard

Texas horned
lizard

Bluetail mole
skink

Desert spiny
lizard

Blunt-nosed
leopard lizard

  • Blunt-nosed leopard lizard Gambelia silus

  • Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard Uma inornata

  • Bluetail mole skink Eumeces egregius lividus

  • Sand skink Neoseps reynoldsi / Plestiodon reynoldsi

  • Reticulate collared lizard Crotaphytus reticulatus

  • Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum

  • Dunes sagebrush lizard Sceloporus arenicolus

  • and more…

Height

40in is the product height most commonly used with lizards

Standard above-ground installed height 22in / 550mm (with anti-climb and anti-dig lips)

We have various fencing products suitable for lizards

Temporary

Recommended for short-term projects between 1-5 years but has an anticipated lifespan of 25 years.

Guide Price: USD $4 per ft / CAD $18 per m

Semi-permanent

Recommended for long-term projects of approximately 15 years but has an anticipated lifespan of 50 years.

Guide Price: USD $9 per ft / CAD $40 per m

Permanent

Recommended for long-term projects of approximately 25 years but has an anticipated lifespan of 50 years.

Guide Price: USD $30 per ft / CAD $150 per m

Guide prices are based on Animex fencing material and standard fixings and fasteners. This does not include support posts or installation. AMX-48 or a smaller customized, unlisted product may be more appropriate for some projects. Please contact us if you have any concerns or questions about the height or type of fence that is best for your project.

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