Caiman Lizard

Beauty Of Animal | Caiman Lizard | The caiman lizard is a medium-sized lizards, natively found in the jungles of South America. The caiman lizard is strongly built and is one of the largest lizard species in the Americas. The caiman lizard is a large and powerfully built lizard known to grow up to 120 inches from his nose to the tip of the tail is there. Today there is only one type of lizard found in South America Cayman, Cayman Islands, the Northern is the lizard.

Caiman lizards are large carnivorous predators to hunt down the only other animals to obtain their nutrients. Snails are the primary source of food for the caiman lizard along with other invertebrates such as insects and crustaceans, and occasionally larger animals such as fish, rodents and amphibians.

Because of its relatively large and one part water, part of tree-dwelling lifestyle, have caiman lizards limited predators in their natural environment. Large predatory mammals, including jaguars are known to hunt caiman lizard along with other large reptiles including snakes and crocodiles.

Although little about the reproduction of the Cayman Lizard is known, they are likely to behave in a similar way as other large lizard species. After mating, female caiman lizards will lay their eggs in a hole on the river bank, they cover up, to place them protect from hungry predators. When the hatch baby caiman lizards, they are entirely independent, since there is no prenatal care of the Cayman Lizard parents.

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Sand lizard

Beauty Of Animal | Sand lizard |  The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard in most of Europe and spread to the east Mongolia. It is not appearing on the European or the Iberian Peninsula, Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy.The sand lizard has a slightly lower abdomen and dorsal stripe: men are generally dark in color and in whole or in part can rotate during the mating season, bright green lizards up to 25 cm (10 inches) in length. It has several subspecies, of which the Lacerta agilis agilis is westerly. 

In this and the other Great Western subspecies (Lacerta agilis argus), the dorsal stripe is interrupted and Dunn, or absent altogether. This latter gilts in particular for the subspecies, which also includes one or only red-backed brown-phase markers without backs. In these two subspecies, the males only in the flanks of the Green mating season, but in the eastern subspecies (Lacerta agilis exigua predominantly) men can be very green, even outside the breeding season.

Scientific classificationKingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder:   Lacertilia
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Lacerta
Species:         L. agilis

In Britain, the heath is confined to the southern fence lizard and the sand dunes of North West England. Gilts It is threatened as a strictly protected by British law and - as in most of Europe (it is a European protected artery) is. This stands in contrast to Lacerta agilis exigua, whose Russian name translates as "common lizard". The female lays eggs in the sand lizard loose sand in a sunny location so that they are incubated by the heat of the soil. The British Herpetological Conservation Trust is the leading partner in the UK Species Action Plan (SAP) for the sand lizard. Dardanelle High School, located in Arkansas, is the only school with the fence lizard mascot.

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Lizard

Beauty Of Animal | Lizard | Beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) is a type of poisonous lizards found mainly in southern Mexico and Guatemala. Along with its homogeneous, and a generation that monster (Heloderma suspectum), is the only orchid operations have evolved venom delivery of public order, and has long been considered only poisonous lizard. Beaded Lizard Gila Monster more but dull crayon, black with yellow bands of different display depending on the type subtitle. Specialized predator that feeds primarily on eggs, and the use of poison in the primary is still a source of controversy among scientists. However, it has been found to contain this poison many enzymes useful for the manufacture of medicines in the treatment of diabetes, and pharmacological research on the use of poison is under way.

Threatened throughout its range by habitat loss and overcollection, but the extinction of animals is protected. Motagua Valley and the strain (HH charlesborgeti) is one of the rarest lizards in the world, and has a population of wild animals is less than 200. Beaded lizard and one of those who live near relative, Gila monster (H. suspectum), as well as many extinct relatives in the evolutionary history Helodermatidae that can be traced back to the Cretaceous period. I have found in the genus Heloderma since the Miocene, when H. texana ranged throughout most of North America. because Helodermatids remained relatively unchanged morphologically, is sometimes considered as living fossils. Although the orchid embroidered seems closely related to monitor lizards (varanids) from Africa, Asia and Australia, and the separation of a wide geographical and unique features not found in varanids indicates that is better for the lizard embroidered in a family separate.

Have been described for the first time in 1829 by the species as Wiegmann Arend horridum Trachyderma, however, which he called the Heloderma horridum six months later.have in Heloderma means "studded skin", from the ancient Greek words, Chairman of the skin or nail nail and epidermis, meaning. Specific name, Horrĭdum, is a Latin word meaning rough or rude.

Scientific classification
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:     Reptilia
Order:     Squamata
Superfamily:     Varanoidea
Family:     Helodermatidae
Genus:     Heloderma
Species:     H. horridum

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Tuatara

Beauty Of Animal | Tuatara | The tuatara is a small to medium sized reptile, that is found only on a few small islands surrounding New Zealand. Although the tuatara was once found inhabiting mainland New Zealand in large numbers, today the tuatara is nearly extinct from the mainland. Despite the lizard-like appearance of the tuatara, the tuatara is actually only a very distant relative of the lizard and the snake. The tuatara is believed to have broken off from lizards and snakes more than 200 million years ago!.

 

Tuataras are generally green or brown in colour and can grow up to a meter in length, from the head of the tuatara to the tip of it's tail. The tuatara also has a crest that runs down the middle of it's body, which is particularly noticeable in male tuataras. The tuatara is a very unique reptile, with it's long tail and dinosaur-like crest, but the tuatara is has other features which make it stand out. Like all reptiles, the tuatara has excellent vision, but the tuatara also has a third eye on the top of it's head, it's use is still unknown. The tuatara is has two rows of teeth on it's upper jaw will line up either side of the teeth on the lower jaw.

The tuatara is a nocturnal reptile meaning that the tuatara rests during the hours of daylight and comes out to hunt for food at night. During the day, the tuatara sleeps in a burrow which it digs with it's strong claws into the ground. The tuatara also prefers temperatures that would be too cold for many other reptiles, and the tuatara hibernates during the colder winters. The tuatara is a carnivorous animal, meaning that the tuatara only eats other animals in order to survive. The tuatara primarily preys on insects, beetles, spiders, birds eggs, frogs and small reptiles and mammals.

Due to the fact that there are few real predators in New Zealand, the tuatara has no real native predators. However, since the introduction of cats, foxes, dogs and stouts, the tuatara populations have been wiped out in wide areas. Tuataras often live to be nearly 100 years old and so the tuatara only mates every 4 or 5 years. The female lays about a dozen leathery eggs which she digs into the ground. The eggs of the tuatara often take more than a year to hatch.
 

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Water Dragon

Beauty Of Animal | Water Dragon | The water dragon is a large species of lizard native to the forests and jungles of Asia and Australia. Water dragons are arboreal animals meaning that they spend most of their time in the trees, often close to a large body of water. There are two different species of water dragon, which are the Australian water dragon and the Asian water dragon. The Australian water dragon is the smaller of the two water dragon species and is found on the east coast of Australia. Australian water dragons have powerful legs and sharp claws which help them to climb trees more effectively.

The Asian water dragon is the larger and more colourful of the two water dragon species and is found in forests and jungles throughout India, China, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Thailand. The Asian water dragon also has a third eye (known as the pineal gland), which is thought to be able to detect difference in light. Although water dragons are generally tree-dwelling animals, they also spend a great deal of time in or very close to the water. Water dragons are strong and capable swimmers and often leap into the water from the branches high above in order to escape approaching danger.

Like many other lizard species, water dragons are omnivorous animals eating a variety of plant and animal species. Water dragons primarily prey upon small animals such as lizards, frogs and rodents, insects and fish which they catch will there long tongue. Due to their relatively large size, water dragons have limited predators within their natural environment, although this is entirely dependent on where the area which the water dragon inhabits. Snakes, large birds and carnivorous mammals are the primary predators of the water dragon. Water dragons hibernate during the cooler winters and begin breeding when they emerge in the spring. The female water dragon digs a burrow in the ground where she lays up to 18 eggs, and then buries them. The water dragon young hatch within a few months and remain close to the nest until they become bigger and more adventurous.  

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The Beauty Frill-necked Lizard

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Frill-necked Lizard |  The Frill-necked Lizard, or Frilled Lizard also known as the Frilled Dragon, (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is so called because of the large ruff of skin which usually lies folded back against its head and neck. The neck frill is supported by long spines of cartilage, and when the lizard is frightened, it gapes its mouth showing a bright pink or yellow lining, and the frill flares out, displaying bright orange and red scales. The frill may also aid in thermoregulation.

They may grow up to one metre in total length. They often walk quadrupedally when on the ground. When frightened they begin to run on all-fours and then accelerate onto the hind-legs. In Australia, the frill-necked lizard is also known as the "bicycle lizard" because of this behaviour. Males are significantly larger than females both as juveniles and when mature. The frill of the Australian frilled dragon is used to frighten off potential predators — as well as hissing and lunging. If this fails to ward off the threat, the lizard flees bipedally to a nearby tree where it climbs to the top and relies on camouflage to keep it hidden.

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The Uromastyx

Beuty Of Animlas | The Uromastyx | The Uromastyx is a genus of lizard whose members are better-known as Spiny-tailed lizards, uromastyxs, mastigures, or dabb lizards. Uromastyx are primarily herbivorous, but occasionally eat insects, especially when young. They spend most of their waking hours basking in the sun, hiding in underground chambers at daytime or when danger appears. They tend to establish themselves in hilly, rocky areas with good shelter and accessible vegetation.The generic name (Uromastyx) is derived from the Ancient Greek words ourá  meaning "tail" and mastigo  meaning "whip" or "scourge", after the thick-spiked tail characteristic of all Uromastyx species.

Their size ranges from 25 cm (10 in) (U. macfadyeni) to 91 cm (36 in) or more (U. aegyptia). Hatchlings or neonates are usually no more than 7–10 cm (3–4 in) in length. Like many reptiles, these lizards' colors change according to the temperature; during cool weather they appear dull and dark but the colors become lighter in warm weather, especially when basking; the darker pigmentation allows their skin to absorb sunlight more effectively.

Their spiked tail is muscular and heavy, and can be swung at an attacker with great velocity, usually accompanied by hissing and an open-mouthed display of (small) teeth. Uromastyxs generally sleep in their burrows with their tails closest to the opening, in order to thwart intruders.

A female Uromastyx can lay anywhere from 5 to 40 eggs, depending on age and species. Eggs are laid approximately 30 days following copulation with an incubation time of 70–80 days. The neonates weigh 4–6 grams and are about 2 inches (5.1 cm) snout to vent length. They rapidly gain weight during the first few weeks following hatching. A field study in Algeria concluded that Moroccan spiny-tailed lizards add approximately 2 inches (5.1 cm) of total growth each year until around the age of 8–9 years.

Wild female uromastyxs are smaller and less colorful than males. For example, U. maliensis females are often light tan with black dorsal spots, while males are mostly bright yellow with mottled black markings. Females also tend to have shorter claws[citation needed]. In captivity female U. maliensis tend to mimic males in color. Maliensis are, therefore, reputably difficult to breed in captivity.

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