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The jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus) is a type of lizard native to south-eastern Australia.Other common names include blood-sucker, stonewalker, and tree dragon. [3] [4] It was one of the first Australian reptiles to be named by Europeans, originally described by English zoologist George Shaw in Surgeon-General John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, [5] published in London ...
Diploderma splendidum, the green striped tree dragon, also called splendid japalure, is an agamid lizard found in the Yangtze River Basin of southwestern China. They are sold as pets internationally. They are sold as pets internationally.
The generic name Lophosaurus stands for "crested lizard", from the Greek lophos for "crest", and saurus for "lizard". [4] The specific name, boydii, is a reference to English-born John Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), who lived in Fiji from 1865 to 1882 and then on a sugar plantation at Ingham, Queensland, and collected specimens for the Australian Museum.
Urosaurus ornatus, commonly known as the ornate tree lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico . The species, which was formerly called simply the "tree lizard", has been used to study physiological changes during the fight-or-flight response as ...
Emerald dragon lizards are likely tree-dwellers but were found “along a road during morning hours,” the study said. Some female lizards were found pregnant, indicating the species breeds in July.
Diploderma panchi K. Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Panchi mountain dragon; Diploderma panlong K. Wang, Che, Siler, 2020 – Pan Long mountain dragon; Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861 – Ryukyu japalure, Okinawa tree lizard; Diploderma qiaojiaense Liu, Hou & Rao, 2024 [6] – Qiaojia mountain dragon
Agamidae is a family containing 64 genera, 582 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.
Khammouane karst dragons were seen climbing or sitting atop rocky peaks between about 160 feet to 230 feet up, the study said. Locals described the lizards as “rare,” most active in the ...