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Fact 2 - An
Iguana is a genus of the Lizard
family Iguanidae
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Fact 3 - Reptiles, including
lizards are air-breathing, generally "cold-blooded" whose skin
is usually covered in scales. Reptiles lay eggs and creeps or
crawls on the ground
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Fact 4 - The skin of a lizard is
usually cool and dry - not slimy!
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Fact 5 - The Tongue of a lizard:
The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is
forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very
extensible
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Fact 6 - There are about 3800
lizard species found all over the
world, except for the
continent of Antarctica where it is too cold for them to survive
- Fact 7 - Geckos are tiny lizards
and the most common types of geckos are in the following list:
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Leopard Gecko
- House Gecko
- Tokay Gecko
- Golden Gecko
- Mourning Gecko
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Fact 8 - Chameleons are the name of
different types of lizards that have the characteristic of
changing skin color. The most common types of Chameleons are in
the following list:
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Common Chameleon
- Veiled Chameleon
- Four Horned Chameleon
- Jackson's Chameleon
- Madagascan Chameleon
- Fact 9 - Skinks are the name of
different types of alert agile lizards with reduced limbs and an
elongated bodies covered with shiny scales. The most common
types of Skinks are in the following list:
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Green Tree Skink
- Blue-tongued Skink
- Apocathary Skink
- Desert Skink
- Striped Skink
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Fact 10 - Some lizards can squirt
blood! Some Horned lizards are able to squirt blood from their
eyes as a defence mechanism
- Fact 11 - Lizards have the ability
to shed their tails to run away from their predators. This
action is called 'autonomy'
- Fact 12 - The Gila Monster and the
Mexican beaded lizard are both venomous lizards
- Fact 13 - The largest lizard in the
world is the Komodo Dragon which grows to 10 feet. The Komodo
Dragon is native to the Komodo Island of Indonesia
- Fact 14 - Most of the lizard
species have suction cups on their feet, which makes them very
good climbers
- Fact 15 - The basilisk and the
collared lizard, found in the American continents, have the
ability of running on their hind legs. This action is referred
to as bipedal locomotion
- Fact 16 - Flying Lizards: The
flying lizard is able to glide from tree to tree due to a
membrane that connect their front and rear limbs
- Fact 17 - Other types of lizards
include those on the following list:
- Basilisk
- Tegus and Greaved Lizard
- Monitor Lizard
- Alligator Lizard
- Crocodile Lizard
- Flap-footed Lizard
- Night Lizard
- Beaded Lizard
- Burrowing Slow Worm
- Limbless Skink
- Burrowing Lizards
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