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The peacock monitor is one of the smaller monitor lizards, usually reaching a length of 60 cm (23.5 in). [3] It is similar to the Timor monitor (V. timorensis), with some differentiation in the underside coloring and patterns. The coloring patterns fade as these lizards reach adulthood.
Riopa is a genus of skinks.It is easy to tell the species apart from most other skinks by bright red coloring on their sides from which they get their name. They also have a bule that runs down the side of their tail.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, [1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Many other lizards have similar bright-blue coloring. The eastern fence lizard, S. undulatus, instead of having one large patch on its throat, has two small patches. [5] The sagebrush lizard, S. graciosus, lacks yellow limbs and has smaller dorsal scales. [5] S. occidentalis also resembles the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana.
Iberolacerta horvathi (Horvath's rock lizard) I. horvathi is located in the mountain ranges of southern Austria, northeastern Italy, western Slovenia, and western Croatia. [7] Populations of this species are locally copious. [7] The population trend for this species is stable. [7] Image. Iberolacerta martinezricai (Martinez-Rica's rock lizard)
Agama atra male, showing the tympanum.Compare coloration with the picture of a female below Agama atra gravid female, note how coloration differs from male.. Agama (from Sranan Tongo meaning "lizard") is a genus of small-to-moderate-sized, long-tailed, insectivorous Old World lizards.
Amalosia rhombifer, also known commonly as the zigzag velvet gecko and the zig-zag gecko, [2] is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The species is endemic to Australia .
Schoolchildren often start campaigns promoting their favorite reptile to encourage state legislators to enact it as a state symbol. Many secretaries of state maintain educational web pages that describe the state reptile. Oklahoma was the first state to name an official reptile, the common collared lizard, in 1969. Only two states followed in ...