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  2. List of reptiles of Northern America - Wikipedia

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    This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.

  3. Plestiodon fasciatus - Wikipedia

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    Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...

  4. Gymnophthalmidae - Wikipedia

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    Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called "spectacled" because of their transparent lower eyelids, which allow them to still see with closed eyes. As in most lizards, except geckos, these eyelids are movable.

  5. Anolis carolinensis - Wikipedia

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    A small to medium-sized lizard, the green anole is a trunk-crown ecomorph and can change its color to several shades from brown to green. Other names include the Carolina anole , Carolina green anole , American anole , American green anole , North American green anole and red-throated anole .

  6. Is that a snake or one of NC’s three legless lizards? Here’s ...

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    North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look remarkably similar to snakes: the Eastern glass lizard, the slender glass lizard and the mimic glass ...

  7. Horned lizard - Wikipedia

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    Phrynosoma, whose members are known as the horned lizards, horny toads, or horntoads, is a genus of North American lizards and the type genus of the family Phrynosomatidae. Their common names refer directly to their horns or to their flattened, rounded bodies, and blunt snouts. The generic name Phrynosoma means "toad-bodied".

  8. Cryptids of the commonwealth: Meet some of these creatures ...

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    The Milton Lizard, also known as the Creature of Canip Creek, is a cryptid of the giant lizard variety. According to Coffey, the creature was first spotted in a Milton salvage yard, over in ...

  9. Pygmy short-horned lizard - Wikipedia

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    The pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) is a species of small horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to the northwestern United States and adjacent southwestern Canada. Like other horned lizards, it is often called a "horned toad" or "horny toad," but it is not a toad at all.