| Lizards
are, like the snakes, very adaptable creatures to be found
in the driest of deserts, the humid rainforests, high to the
north and far in the south and even wide at sea. Lizards has
concurred the world with more than 2800 species and new ones
are found every year, appearing in all shapes and colors,
from uniform brown species to very colorfull species showing
a wide variety of colors and even with the ability to change
these colors. Most species has four well developed legs, but
some has only two or even none at all.
We
will in time make this site as interactive as possible, with
a species list for each country, and with individual genus
accounts, telling as much as possible about each genus and
giving a full list of references. Any help with this project
will be fully appreciated. |
| Literature |
| Bissinger, B.E. & C.A. Simon.
1979. Comparison of Tongue Extrusions in Representatives
of Six Families of Lizards. J. Herpetol. 13(2): 133-139. |
| Vanzolini,
P.E. 1986. Addenda and Corrigenda to Part II Lizards and
Amphisbaenia. In: Peters, J.A., R. Donoso-Barros &
B. Orejas-Miranda (eds.). Catalogue of the Neotropical
Squamata. Smithsonian Herp. Info. Serv., 70: 1-25. |
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