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lizard

[liz-erd] / ˈlɪz ərd /




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Scientists have identified a new species of lizard living in the high mountain forests of western Thailand.

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

Fish and Wildlife Service had not relied on the best scientific and commercial data available in adding the lizard to the list.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

The village churchyard has become a haven for local wildlife - in particular slow worms, a non-venomous species of legless lizard often mistaken for snakes.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

He was a tall lizard, but he was also a wide lizard.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

Its frequent appearances in museum exhibitions and audiovisual productions about dinosaurs have also helped make it one of the best-known "terrible lizards" among the general public.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 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

Adders, slow worms and common lizards will be the focus of protection efforts during a major peatland restoration project near Dumfries.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

People working with Perez would collect the reptiles including Mexican box turtles and Mexican beaded lizards, at from an airport in Ciudad Juárez, then move them by car over the border to El Paso.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

“The lizards have become smarter. They run faster now and hide under blocks of cement,” the boy who had climbed told Ugwu.

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



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