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Editor Jean E. Karl, who had established the children's and science fiction imprints at Atheneum Books, [3] sought to attract more female readers to science fiction and solicited "a story for young women in a different part of Pern". McCaffrey completed Menolly's story as Dragonsong and contracted for a sequel before it was out in 1976. [4]
The Sinai agama is a small lizard with long legs, giving it an upright stance. It grows to a length of 18 cm (7 in) and has a long, slender tail, one and a half times as long as the body. The long head has the eyes fairly near the front with a distinctive pair of ear openings some way behind in line with the animal's mouth.
Acanthodactylus blanfordii, commonly called Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East and India . Recent genetic studies have reclassified Acanthodactylus blanfordii into a newly recognized blanfordii group within the Eastern clade of Acanthodactylus.
Monitor lizards are hunted, and their body fat, extracted by boiling, is used in a wide range of folk remedies. [33] Comparison to water monitor (Varanus salvator) In Sri Lanka, the Asian water monitor is considered venomous and dangerous when confronted, while the Bengal monitor (Thalagoya) is considered harmless and rather defenseless.
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...
The perentie (Varanus giganteus) is a species of monitor lizard. It is one of the largest living lizards on earth , after the Komodo dragon , Asian water monitor , and the Crocodile monitor . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Found west of the Great Dividing Range in the arid areas of Australia, it is rarely seen, because of its shyness and the remoteness of much of ...
An elderly man and woman were hospitalized in Australia last week after a large lizard "suddenly turned on them" and nearly killed their dog. Giant lizard attack: Australian couple injured by huge ...
The red tegu (Salvator rufescens) is a lizard native to western Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is sold in the pet trade around the world due to its ease of care and relatively docile nature. It is sold in the pet trade around the world due to its ease of care and relatively docile nature.