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Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as big as water buffalo. Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage, reflex bleeding, and the ability to sacrifice and regrow their tails.
Monitor lizards are poached in some South- and Southeast Asian countries, as their organs and fat are used in some traditional medicines, although there is no scientific evidence as to their effectiveness. [38] [39] Monitor lizard meat, particularly the tongue and liver, is eaten in parts of India and Malaysia and is supposed to be an aphrodisiac.
Since these lizards have relatively slow running speeds compared to their predators, it has been hypothesized that these lizards have adapted this "scuba diving" to enable them to avoid predators. By submerging themselves underwater for prolonged periods of time, the water anole is able to remain invisible to its predator.
To avoid being picked up by the head or neck, a horned lizard ducks or elevates its head and orients its cranial horns straight up, or back. If a predator tries to take it by the body, the lizard drives that side of its body down into the ground so the predator cannot easily get its lower jaw underneath. [citation needed]
A common predator of the whiptail lizard is the leopard lizard that preys on A. uniparens by using ambush and stalk hunting tactics. [2] [3] [4] These reptiles reproduce by parthenogenesis. In this process, eggs undergo a chromosome doubling after meiosis, developing into lizards without being fertilized.
Frilled lizards face threats from birds of prey and larger lizards and snakes. [12] [19] When threatened, the species erects its frill to make itself look bigger. This display is accompanied by a gaping mouth, puffing, a puffed up skin, [27] hissing, and tail lashes. The lizard may also flee and hide from its predators. [19]
There are few lizards less suited to life in captivity than the Nile monitor. Buffrenil (1992) considered that, when fighting for its life, a Nile monitor was a more dangerous adversary than a crocodile of a similar size. Their care presents particular problems on account of the lizards' enormous size and lively dispositions.
Predators of adults include pythons, mammalian predators and birds. A number of ectoparasites and endoparasites are recorded. ... The lizard is known as Bis-cobra in ...