Dr.Harvey Gates，the noted scientist，might never have discovered the Kamron lizard(蜥蜴)in Blovia，if it had not been for a childhood accident As a boy，he was determined to become a baseball player，but when he broke his arm in practice at the age of fourteen and was forced to stay off the playing field for a while，he took notice of the natural world around him and liked what he saw

　　After he had recovered from his injury，he caught a squirrel(松鼠)and raised it as a pet.Soon he was bringing home snakes and other creatures from the woods near his school.

　　In 1962，he entered Blakeford College and majored in biology By 1966 he had received his Bachelor(学士)of Science degree and two years later at Drysdale University， he received his Doctor of Science degree.It was while he was doing field research for his doctoral studies in South America in 1967 that he discovered and named the Kamron lizard.This animal was different from others of its kind in that it had only four toes on its front feet. In other respects，it was similar to others of the same family It could change its color and go for long periods without food.