We have the six-lined racerunner, five-lined skink, broadhead skink, western slender glass lizard, northern fence lizard and the ground skink. There are three more that may or may not be around: coal lizard, eastern slender glass lizard and the common wall lizard.

Do any lizards live in Indiana?

Indiana only has seven species of these fast-moving reptiles that most people seem to like, and even these are scattered about the state. Some are only found in a very limited segment of Hoosierland. Here in southern Indiana we have the northern fence lizard, broadhead skink, ground skink and five-lined skink.

Is it bad to have lizards in your backyard?

Unless you’ve got oodles of them roaming around inside your home or garage, nothing is further from the truth. Lizards are definitely garden good guys. … Some lizards munch on plants (they don’t do much damage), though most dine on insects, predominantly ants, aphids, beetles, grasshoppers, wasps and spiders.