Lizard

13/02/2023

Озеро Луиза, Канада

13/02/2023

Everyone knows that lizards are able to throw their tails away in case of danger. But some species, for example, the North American scincella, return to the same place after throwing away its tail and eat it. This is because the tail contains many nutrients. In some cases, the lizard's tail can break. Then a second tail can start to develop in that place.

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There is a species of lizard that consists entirely of females. Such lizards (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus) reproduce offspring through parthenogenesis. In this type of reproduction, eggs develop without fertilization.

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While all animals see the world in black and white, lizards see everything in orange. A study was conducted, the results of which showed the presence of a large amount of fat of this color on the retina of animals.

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Most species of lizards, having laid eggs, forget about them forever and do not take care of their offspring in the future.

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The total length reaches up to 16 cm. The body is often brightly colored above, mostly green. The abdomen is yellowish, lemon-colored. Sexual dimorphism is manifested in different colors of the female and male, the latter being darker. The body is slender, the tail is rather long. It has the ability to break off in case of danger (self-mutilation). The skin is covered with small scales. The head has properly arranged shields on top, which lie on top of the bone plates fused to the skull - osteoderms. On the tail, the scales form regular rings. Femoral pores are present. The eyes have separate eyelids, with a transparent or translucent window on the lower one. The temporal arches are well developed.

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Most species of lizards can throw back their tails to distract a predator and escape, and the tail will then grow back. However, it will grow back slowly, and will be shorter than the previous one, and there will be no bones in the new tail.

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Lizards are an order of scaly, paraphyletic group. The first lizards appeared in the Triassic geological period.

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