lizard
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It is also home to a lizard species found only on three of the Channel Islands; a spotted skunk that lives on just two Channel Islands; a unique island fox subspecies; and several uncommon birds.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The evidence is clear: osteoderms evolved multiple times, independently, across different lizard lineages over hundreds of millions of years.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The 100th drawing took Max "all night", Samantha said, with Max raiding some of his sister's art supplies to perfect the flat lizard drawing.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
At roughly the same size as a common monitor lizard, Diko wasn’t the largest, fastest, or strongest animal kept in the Night Zoo, but he was the most temperamental—which also made him the most dangerous.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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