I really like lizard. Do you know much about them?
I love them as well! They are a widespread group of squamate reptiles. There are over 6,000 species!
They are on every continents except Antarctica? I wonder why don't aren't in that area?
Well it's probably the temperature and the fact that they are mainly carnivorous and there aren't many smaller insects there to eat!
Sounds about right! I didn't know this but some lizards don't have legs...
Yes indeed! And they have long snake like bodies to boot!
Snakes and Lizards are both reptiles... So in essence they're like cousins.
reflex bleeding, and the ability to sacrifice and regrow their tails.
Anatomy.
Anatomy Largest and smallest.
The adult length of species within the suborder ranges from a few centimeters for chameleons such as "Brookesia micra" and geckos such as "Sphaerodactylus ariasae" to nearly in the case of the largest living varanid lizard, the Komodo dragon. Most lizards are fairly small animals.
Anatomy Distinguishing features.
Lizards typically have rounded torsos, elevated heads on short necks, four limbs and long tails. Some are legless
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Others are