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The giant girdled lizard, aka sungazer, giant dragon lizard, ouvolk, and/or giant zonure, dwells in South Africa. These lizards, that appear to look more like dragons than lizards, face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming of products such as maize and sunflowers. They are […]

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The Sudan plated lizard, aka western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley’s rough-scaled plated lizard, hails from eastern and central Africa. These lizards face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential developments, farming, and ranching. They are also collected for the pet trade, which […]

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The delicate skink, aka dark-flecked garden sun skink, garden skink, delicate garden skink, rainbow skink, plague skink, or metallic skink, while native to Australia, are invasive in New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and Hawaii. These lizards face the threats of feral and domestic cats, that can sometimes wipe out entire […]

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The Mexican beaded lizard, aka beaded lizard, is but 1 of 2 species of venomous lizards. The other being the Gila monster. The beaded lizard is larger and duller in coloration than the Gila monster. These lizards face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming, […]

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The great desert skink, aka Kintore’s egernia or tjakura, hails from the western half of Australia. They create burrows and are social as well. These lizards face the threats of predation by invasive feral cats and red foxes; habitat loss and destruction at the hands of fires and fire suppression; […]

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The Boyd’s forest dragon is a species of arboreal (tree dwelling) lizard from the family Agamidae (iguanas). Contrary to the popular belief of some tour guides they are not endangered reptiles, although they do however face the threats of habitat loss due to deforestation; climate change, that can cause droughts […]

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The Jamaican iguana, aka Colley’s iguana or Jamaican rock iguana, hails only from a small southern portion of the island of Jamaica. These iguanas were once found throughout Jamaica and on the offshore islets of Great Goat Island and Little Goat Island, they are now confined to the forests of […]

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The dubious dtella, aka dubious four-clawed gecko, common house gecko, or native Australian house gecko, hails from northern New South Wales, Queensland, some islands of the Great Barrier Reef, and the Torres Strait. These geckos may face the threats of habitat loss and invasive species, and with them predation, but […]

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The Chinese crocodile lizard can only be found in the cooler forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam. Unfortunately, these lizards face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of agriculture, logging, mining, and quarrying; roads and railroads, that divide their territory and can result in vehicle […]

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The common house gecko, aka Asian house gecko, chipkali, house lizard, moon lizard, Pacific house gecko, tiktiki, or wall gecko, is originally from southern and southeastern Asia. However, they have been intentionally and accidentally introduced to the southern United States, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Australia, and the Middle […]

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