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Animated films about lizards, a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia , although some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they ...
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.
This lizard species is ovoviviparous, which means that the eggs the embryos are in stay inside their mother's body until they are ready to hatch. [3] Its generation time is over a year, which is known as semivoltinism. It is diurnal, and is dormant during certain seasons. [2] Like Karusasaurus jordani, it is an insectivore. [4]
Troodos lizard Phoenicolacerta troodica Terminology and scalation of lacertids. The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at about 360 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group of reptiles found in Europe.
Sphaerodactylus ariasae is the world's smallest known reptile.The second-smallest is S. parthenopion, native to the British Virgin Islands.The Jaragua sphaero measures 14–18 mm (0.55–0.71 in) [3] from the snout to the base of the tail and can fit on a US 25-cent coin.
However, this trait has been lost on some recent species. In lizards and rhynchocephalians, fracture planes are present within the vertebrae of the tail that allow for its removal. Some lizards have multiple fracture planes, while others just have a single fracture plane.
Anniella stebbinsi, the Southern California or San Diegan legless lizard, [1] [2] is a small, slender lizard, and, as the name suggests, is legless. [3] Not much is known about the lizard as a unique species, with most observations conducted while it was not recognised as separate from Anniella pulchra , the Californian legless lizard.
Squamata (/ s k w æ ˈ m eɪ t ə /, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.With over 12,162 species, [3] it is also the second-largest order of extant (living) vertebrates, after the perciform fish.