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The yellow-spotted night lizard is sometimes suggested to be the inspiration for the "yellow-spotted lizards" in the children's novel Holes by Louis Sachar.However, in the making of the movie adaptation of the novel, the filmmakers used bearded dragons and painted yellow spots on them, rather than using actual yellow-spotted night lizards.
Lepidophyma cuicateca Canseco-Márquez et al., 2008 – Sunidero tropical night lizard; Lepidophyma dontomasi (H.M. Smith, 1942) – MacDougall's tropical night lizard; Lepidophyma flavimaculatum A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 – Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard; Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer, 1936 – Gaige's tropical night lizard [2]
The yellow-spotted monitor [1] [2] [3] (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, [4] is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
He suspected that the lizard might be venomous due to the grooves in the teeth. [8] The first drawing of a Gila monster by Baird, S. F. (1857) [8] The Gila monster is the largest extant lizard species native to North America north of the Mexican border. Its snout-to-vent length ranges from 26 to 36 cm (10 to 14 in). The tail is about 20% of the ...
A goanna features as the heroic figure Mr Lizard in the Australian author May Gibbs’ children's books Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. A bronze statue of the goanna Mr Lizard has been placed outside the State Library of Victoria. The villain in the Disney film The Rescuers Down Under, Percival C. McLeach, has a pet goanna named Joanna.
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...
An invasive type of lizard the size of a dog has been spotted in parts of South Carolina. Here’s where and what to know about the creature. Invasive lizards the size of dogs are roaming SC.
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard This page was last edited on 7 November 2023, at 17:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ... Category: Venomous lizards.