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The Argentine Tegu (Salvator merianae), also widely known as the Argentine black and white tegu, is a colossal, heavy-bodied saurian belonging to the whiptail and tegu family (Teiidae). Native to the savannas, scrublands, and open woodlands of South America, this...
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The Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), affectionately known across the American Southwest as the ‘mountain boomer,’ is a breathtakingly vibrant, dynamic saurian belonging to the collared lizard family (Crotaphytidae). Native to the...
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The Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) is a massive, prehistoric-looking terrestrial saurian endemic to the volcanic wilderness of the Galapagos Archipelago. Descended from ancestral South American iguanas that rafted across the Pacific Ocean millions of...
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The Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma grandis) is a visually dazzling, diurnal arboreal lizard endemic to the tropical rainforests of northern Madagascar. Unlike the vast majority of geckos, which are cryptically colored nocturnal hunters, the giant day gecko is a...
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The Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) is an imposing, heavy-bodied desert iguanid that reigns as one of the largest native lizards in the United States, second in size only to the venomous Gila monster. Inhabiting the sun-blistered basalt hills, granite boulder...
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The Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides), colloquially known across Australia as the ‘Bluey’, is a large, docile, and heavily armored squamate reptile celebrated worldwide as one of the most distinctive and beloved lizards of the Australasian fauna....
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The Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus), universally celebrated in popular culture as the ‘Jesus Christ Lizard,’ is a world-famous, spectacular arboreal lizard belonging to the family Corytophanidae. Indigenous to the lush tropical rainforest waterways...
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The Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus) is the largest native lizard on the African continent and one of the heaviest monitor lizards in the world, belonging to the family Varanidae. Ubiquitous along the rivers, lakes, and marshes of sub-Saharan Africa, this colossal,...
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The Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), affectionately and universally known in southwestern lore as the ‘horned toad’ or ‘horny toad,’ is a flat-bodied, fiercely spiky desert reptile belonging to the horned lizard family Phrynosomatidae...
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The Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis), historically and colloquially nicknamed the ‘American chameleon,’ is a slender, nimble, tree-dwelling lizard belonging to the dactyloid lizard family Dactyloidae and the only native anole species in the United States....
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