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lizard
lizard Reptile found on every continent; there are 20 families,
c.3000 species. Most have a scaly, cylindrical body with four legs, a long tail and moveable eyelids. Some species such as
glass snakes,
slow-worm and some
skinks, have reduced or absent limbs. Most lizards are terrestrial, and many live in deserts. There are also semi-aquatic and arboreal forms. Many lizards have an autotomic defence mechanism – they shed their tail when attacked. Most lay eggs rather than bear live young. They feed mainly on insects and vegetation. They range in size from the
c.5cm (2in)
gecko to the 3m (10ft)
komodo dragon. Order Squamata; sub-order Sauria. See also
chameleon;
gecko;
iguana;
monitor
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Lizards are wizards.
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...a hurry and hide. No lizard can do that better than...lisk). These lively lizards of Central and South...Arizona and the beaded lizard of Mexico are the only two poisonous lizards in the world. Neither lizard has fangs, and their...
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Lizards do a wheelie as they accelerate!
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/13/2008; 651 words
; ...While studying how dragon lizards run on two legs, a team...strong correlation between the lizards' acceleration and their...colleagues collected 16 dragon lizard species for their study. He said that the lizards collected ranged from frilled...
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LIZARD ON THE LOOSE IN DEEP CREEK GODZILLA, AN 8-FOOT, MEAT-EATING REPTILE, ESCAPES FROM ITS OWNER.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/8/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...distance from it. Hughes said the lizard can move quickly. He said the lizard's bite is infectious and...it is legal to own Monitor lizards and they are sold in many local...his home, the owner of the lizard, who would identify himself...
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Learning Lizards
Magazine article from: Natural History; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...unanimously deemed a "man" lizard. They concurred among...names for eight kinds of lizards. I thought that was...No,' that's a man lizard.' 'On that tree, there's a yellow-sided lizard.' They no longer try to step on the lizards. Any attempt to do so...
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LEAPIN' LIZARDS! REPTILE DISCOVERED AT FOUR LAKES COMPLEX LOOKS LIKE `SOMETHING FROM JURASSIC PARK'
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 7/4/1997; 700+ words
; ...pointed out the coloring of the lizard, and how thin it was after...proudly pointed out that the lizard had gone to the bathroom that...bite you." Savannah monitors lizards aren't exactly something...either. Talbot said the lizard's jaws have tremendous crushing...
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Leaping Lizards! Gary Gillis's New Research
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 2/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...he began recording lizard leaps to observe how...carolinensis (anole) lizards to launch themselves...tails? After holding the lizards' tails to encourage...they could see the lizard was tumbling backwards...everything about the tailless lizards' takeoff was exactly...
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Lizards are running on the fast track of evolution
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/22/2008; 661 words
; ...that the island swarming with lizards, the researchers were taken...its own healthy population of lizards, which were less aggressive...species wiped out the indigenous lizard populations, although how...Irschick, the transplanted lizards adapted to their new environment...
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Leapin' lizards: reptiles on the loose; They're scaly, speedy, and related to snakes. Do they live in your backyard?(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...became interested in lizards. He found a small lizard in a ditch by his home...important discoveries about lizards. In 1976, Langerwerf...the temperature of the lizard eggs in the nest that determined whether the lizards would hatch to become...
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Lizards in the garden
Newspaper article from: The Press; 1/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Marieke Lettink loves lizards. Original art featuring...adorns the walls, lizard-shaped brackets...Pleasant Road make good lizard habitat and act as corridors for lizards to move between gardens...Spit is a haven for lizards. Lizard home: made from...
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When Lizards Do Push-Ups.(lizard communication through body movement)
Magazine article from: Science News; 2/27/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...includes sagebrush lizards, relies heavily...The observation of lizard push-ups turned...of the sagebrush lizard, or Sceloporus graciosus...both male and female lizards in the wild. Analyzing...extreme, sagebrush lizard displays include...other extreme, the lizards perform complex ...
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lizard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...includes the snake . Lizards form the suborder...are over 3,000 lizard species distributed...the related beaded lizard of the North American...only known poisonous lizards; some other lizards...Milstead, ed., Lizard Ecology (1967...Reproductive Cycles of Lizards and Snakes ...
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The Jesus Lizard
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
The Jesus Lizard Rock band For the Record … Since the early Nineties the Jesus Lizard have lured a veritable cult following around...work with Nirvana, and regrouped. The Jesus Lizard subsequently recorded several albumsfilled...
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worm lizard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
worm lizard partially or entirely limbless burrowing lizard of the family Amphisbaenidae. All worm lizards lack hind limbs and...is the Florida worm lizard, Rhineura floridana...in. (28 cm). Worm lizards are classified in the...
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horned lizard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
horned lizard or horned toad, broad, flat-bodied lizards of the genus Phrynosoma, found...head, sides, and back. Horned lizards are protectively colored, usually...distance of several feet. Horned lizards are classified in the phylum...
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The Lizard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
The Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, SW England. Its southern extremity (the southernmost point of Great Britain) is called Lizard Point or Lizard Head. The coast has colored serpentine rocks, small coves and bays...
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