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Amazon green anole (A. punctatus) Anolis proboscis (Peters & Orces, 1956) – horned anole, Pinocchio lizard Anolis properus Schwartz, 1968 – Hispaniolan gracile anole, bark anole Anolis propinquus (Williams, 1984)
Anolis carolinensis or green anole (US: / ə ˈ n oʊ. l i / ⓘ) (among other names below) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizard native to the southeastern United States and introduced to islands in the Pacific and Caribbean.
The European green lizard lives on the ground and in low, dense vegetation and likes to bask in the sun, early and late in the day. It feeds mainly on insects and other small invertebrates but it also sometimes takes fruit, birds’ eggs, fledglings, small lizards and even mice. In spring, the female lays six to twenty eggs which hatch in two ...
The western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) is a lizard of the ... The genus name Lacerta and the species name bilineata are Latin words respectively meaning ...
The name for this group of lizards originates from the Carib anoli. It was modified and used in French Creole, and then transferred to English via the genus name Anolis, coined by French zoologist François Marie Daudin in 1802. [182] [183] Several family names have been used for the anoles in recent
The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area; it is native from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico.
A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Bronchocela cristatella, p. 70). Das I. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Bronchocela cristatella, p. 76).
Calotes calotes is a considerably large species of agamid, measuring 50 to 65 cm (19.5 to 25.5 in) in length, including the tail. [2]The length of head is one and a half times the size of its breadth, the snout is a little longer than the orbit.