Lizards

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A geckos head covered in white and gray scales with an eye of the same color surrounded by and orange ring.

This psychedelic-eyed gecko isn't what we thought it was

By Harry Baker published

The bright-eyed reptiles were identified as a new species after a genetic analysis of other geckos revealed they were separate from another closely related species.

An artist’s drawing of a Triassic lizard.

Ancient lizard with teeth like butcher knives 're-calibrates the whole shebang' of reptile evolution

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Despite being palm-size, this Triassic lizard had a vicious bite.

The largest lizards are Komodo dragons from Indonesia.

Lizards: From tiny geckos to giant Komodo dragons

By Patrick Pester published

Lizards are a diverse group of reptiles made up of thousands of species around the world, including giant Komodo dragons and chameleons the size of your fingertip.

An illustration of lystrosaurs with short-tailed, lizard-like bodies, tusks, and beaks. The Triassic animals are standing near a waterway in front of some mountains and ominous clouds.

Mummified, spread-eagled Triassic 'shovel lizards' look like roadkill and likely died in a drought

By Stephanie Pappas published

While surviving a mass extinction, strange tusked animals called lystrosaurs may have faced repeated drought, "mummy" fossils suggest.

A photo of a Chapman’s pygmy chameleon, one of the world’s rarest chameleons.

One of world's rarest chameleons, once feared extinct, found in African rainforest

By Patrick Pester published

Scientists have found one of the world's rarest chameleons again after fearing the species was extinct due to shrinking forests.

Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist's reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact position in the lizard family tree.

'Strange beast' in amber is a very weird lizard

By Mindy Weisberger published

A tiny amber-locked skull that looks like a bird's is actually a lizard's, new fossil evidence shows.

Close-up of a West Usambara two-horned chameleon

Man tried to smuggle chameleons in socks and empty ice-cream tubs

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The man will pay a fine of up to 6,000 euros, authorities said.

The web-footed gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) from the Namib desert fluoresces neon-green along its flank and around the eye under strong UV light.

Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover

By Mindy Weisberger published

Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow.

When the female Voeltzkow's chameleon gets stressed, she displays a pattern of red dots and a streak of purple against a background of black and white.

'Lost' chameleon rediscovered after a century in hiding. And it's spectacular.

By Stephanie Pappas published

More than a century after it was last seen, a spectacularly colorful chameleon is back.

Recorded specimen of Algyroides nigropunctatus with trifurcated tail.

Lizards with multiple tails are more common than anyone knew

By Mindy Weisberger published

When some lizards lose a tail they grow back more than one, and multi-tailed lizards are more common than once thought.

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