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The La Gomera Giant Lizard (Gallotia bravoana) is one of the rarest reptiles in the world, an ancient lacertid endemic strictly to the volcanic island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands archipelago. Feared completely extinct for centuries due to introduced mammalian...
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The Pilbara Rock Monitor (Varanus pilbarensis) is a dazzling, dwarf monitor lizard endemic strictly to the arid, ironstone-rich canyon country of the Pilbara in Western Australia. Adapted exclusively to life on sheer, sun-baked rock precipices, this agile predator...
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The Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei) is Jamaica’s largest native terrestrial vertebrate and one of the rarest, most celebrated reptile conservation resurrection stories in the world. Believed to have gone completely extinct in the mid-20th century due to the...
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The Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known colloquially as the ‘frill-necked lizard,’ is an iconic symbol of the Australian outback and one of the most recognizable reptiles in the world. Endemic to the tropical monsoonal savannas of northern...
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The Larut Forest Skink (Sphenomorphus praesignis) is a sleek, handsome montane scincid lizard endemic exclusively to the misty highland ridgelines of Peninsular Malaysia. Inhabiting the perpetual coolness and damp moss carpets of high-elevation cloud forests around...
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Ngo Van Tri’s Lady Butterfly Lizard (Leiolepis ngovantrii) is one of the most astonishing reptilian discoveries of the 21st century, celebrated across evolutionary biology for being an obligate all-female, asexual vertebrate species. Discovered in 2010 in local...
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Boyd’s Forest Dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) is a prehistoric-looking agamid lizard endemic exclusively to the ancient tropical rainforests of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Adorned with a magnificent crest of spiky...
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The Mozambique Girdled Lizard (Smaug mossambicus), famously named after the dragon Smaug from J.R.R. Tolkien’s literature, is a formidable, armored cordylid lizard endemic to the isolated granite inselbergs of central Mozambique and the border ranges of...
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The Rough Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus amyae), also known as the Centralian rough knob-tailed gecko, is the undisputed heavyweight titan of the knob-tailed gecko family. Endemic exclusively to the rugged, sun-baked red quartzite ranges of Central Australia, this...
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Mertens’ Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi) is one of the most thoroughly aquatic varanid lizards in the world, an elegant semi-aquatic predator endemic to the tropical riverways and rocky gorge pools of northern Australia. Named in honor of German herpetologist...
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