lizard
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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 evidence is clear: osteoderms evolved multiple times, independently, across different lizard lineages over hundreds of millions of years.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
Santa Rosa Island is also home to a lizard species found on three of the Channel Islands, a spotted skunk endemic to two Channel Islands, a unique island fox subspecies and several uncommon birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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
He had been big like Zeke, an exceptionally tall lizard.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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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
It wasn’t the greatest place, with lizards on the walls and ceiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 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
A section of one wall was given over to cages filled with rabbits and doves, as well as an odd selection of toads, lizards and— Jeremy squinted to be sure— yes, bats!
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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