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lizard

[liz-erd] / ˈlɪz ərd /




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I discussed lizard people and societal collapse with true believers.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The team intentionally chose the name Syrax because several traits of the fictional dragon are reflected in the newly described lizard.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Goode had a pet tortoise when he was 6 and slept with a tegu lizard in his bed as a teen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

This 2.5-inch lizard lives exclusively in the West Texas dunes, where oil and gas production has been encroaching on its territory, the groups argued.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

The drone lizard scampered through the doorway and up the first step toward the stage.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Paleontologists have not found fossils of lizards, turtles, crocodiles, or other reptiles from Cretaceous Alaska, Chiarenza said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

From the director of ‘Tiger King,’ a new docuseries examines the cold-blooded, illegal trade in lizards and the like in the 1980s and the lives of those who facilitated it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

In hard-hit areas like Le Porge, experts say insects will have perished en masse and larger creatures from toads to lizards will not have been spared either.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The site is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is recognised for its internationally important raised bog habitat, which supports a range of wildlife including adders and common lizards.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Richard knew that she would hurry to the classrooms to find some of the children and begin hunting for lizards or crickets.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie



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