Arkansas’s prehistoric ambassadors—the eastern collared lizard and the American alligator—are bouncing back, thanks to dedicated conservation and education. As mountain boomers reclaim their glade homes and alligators patrol southern waterways, GatorWise and the Collared Lizard Conservation Team remind all Arkansans that with the right precautions, we can share our state with remarkable prehistoric Arkansas wildlife of our time. The Return of the ‘Mountain Boomers’ DARDANELLE, Ark. – A dozen Oklahoma-born eastern collared lizards now call The Natural State home thanks to a partnership between the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife, the Little Rock Zoo, Tulsa