Sentences with phrase «skink lizards»

3) Question: I'm no herpetologist, but I'm pretty sure the guy in the seat next to me on this flight has two geckos, two monitor lizards and 11 skink lizards fastened to his body.

ANSWERS: Komodo Dragon Lizard — Indonesia; Stump - Toed Gecko Lizard — Hawaii; Dwarf Gecko Lizard — Kenya; Green Iguana Lizard — Mexico; Nile Monitor Lizard — The Gambia; Shingleback Skink Lizard — Australia.

Not exact matches

I studied the ecology and evolution of lizards called skinks on islands in the Pacific.

The great desert skink is the homebody of the lizard world.

That's a good thing for the skink, because lizards can drop their tails when in danger and regrow them later.

So Gopal Murali, an evolutionary biologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, decided to look at how such stripes might function in lizards, many of which sport racing stripes similar to the five - lined skink.

Like many present - day lizard species, such as skinks, that can detach their tails to escape or distract a predator, the middle of many tail vertebrae had cracks in them.

Comparison of the L. adleri HO174 genome with those of L. tarentolae Parrot - TarII and lizard - infecting L. adleri RLAT / KE / 1957 / SKINK - 7 showed extensive gene amplifications, pervasive aneuploidy, and fission of chromosomes 30 and 36.

To find endangered lizards (including anoles, skinks, and geckos), click on Index - Vertebrate Animals and then on Reptiles.

«Green iguanas and some species of chameleons are different kinds of lizards commonly seen in the pet trade; also popular in the pet trade are bearded dragons, leopard geckos, crested geckos, blue - tongued skinks, monitor lizards and Chinese water dragons to name a few,» she explains.

Here at the Exotic Animal Hospital of Orlando we offer a variety of services in order to prevent diseases in your pet lizard (bearded dragon, leopard gecko, green iguana, uromastyx, Chinese water dragon, monitors, geckos, skinks, etc).

Sandfish are beautiful skink - like lizards, with charming faces and amusing behaviors, that dive in and out of loose sand.

School for Skinks: Can Conditioned Taste Aversion Enable Bluetongue Lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) to Avoid Toxic Cane Toads (Rhinella marina) as Prey?

There is opportunity to see the colourful birds and animals living in this fantastic environment — many colourful parrots, robins, wrens, and rainforest wallabies as well as other creatures — lizards, skinks, spiders and snakes (at a safe distance!)

If snakes, lizards, skinks, and reptiles in general give you the creeps, then we've got seven reasons to give them another chance: From tiny turtles to massive dragons, these endangered reptiles have one - of - a-kind personalities, camouflage techniques, and coloring that make them different from your average creepy - crawly.

If snakes, lizards, skinks, and reptiles in general give you the creeps, then we've got seven reasons to give them another chance: From tiny turtles to massive dragons, these endangered reptiles

Well believe it or not, some researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia believe they have evidence that links warming temperatures to increased intelligence in a lizard - like creature called the skink.

Kelly Meehan describes the skink she photographed as a «Shy, elusive lizard.»

(It's also a lizard and a Canadian WWII anti-aircraft armoured vehicle, neither of which is the sort of skink you want on a cold winter night.)