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[[Image:Lizard_shedding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Viviparous lizard (''Zootoca vivipara'') shedding its skin''' (© 2008 Piet Spaans - Wikicommons. All rights reserved)]]

[[Image:Lizard_shedding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Viviparous lizard (''Zootoca vivipara'') shedding its skin''' (Photography by Piet Spaans - Wikicommons)]]

Shedding is the normal process of skin renewal. The frequency depends upon the rapidity of growth, age, nutritional state, size and environmental factors. For most lizards, the skin sheds in patches, except for the '''alligator lizard''' which sheds in one piece.

Shedding is the normal process of skin renewal. The frequency depends upon the rapidity of growth, age, nutritional state, size and environmental factors. For most lizards, the skin sheds in patches, except for the '''alligator lizard''' which sheds in one piece.