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Lizards
Lizards are a type of scaled reptile that can be found worldwide except in Antarctica. There are approximately 3,800 subspecies, including chameleons, geckos and Komodo dragons. In this category, there are questions and information relating to lizards.
3,425 Questions
What do lizards do when they are attacked?
In my opinion,I think that this video about lizards will definitely help you a lot about your question.The video link is here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1QzTx6o_U0
How do you exorcise a banshee a vampire or a basilisk?
Neither a vampire or a basilisk can be exorcised, they are not that kind of thing.
A banshee only makes appearances on occasions of foretelling somebodies death, so they are not around all that much and nobody thought that an exorcism was necessary.
What would happen to a tree-dwelling species of lizard if all of the trees in an area died?
It would either adapt to another habitat or become extinct.
Do frilled lizards have teeth?
Yes, they are small and sharp.
Chlamydosaurus kingii are part of the Agamidae family which have distinct teeth (acrodont) where the tooth sits on top of the jaw without a socket.
The teeth are visible here:
http://www.corzonneveld.nl/selected/NT%20top%20end%2008/herpeto/Chlamydosaurus%20kingii%20505%20med.jpg
Example of acrodont dentition :
http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Bones/Teeth/Images/ToothImplantation1.gif
See:
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/herp/Chlamydosauruskingii.PDF
What producers do lizards eat?
It depends on what type of lizard. Most lizards eat meal worms, crickets ,worms and sometimes flies
Where does Jack's Aquarium and pets get their lizards?
Although I cannot provide specific sources I can tell you that all of our reptiles come from a variety of domestic sources and breeders.
Paul Kamm
VP Sales & Operations
Jack's Aquarium & Pets
Jack's Aquarium & Pets is documented as having sick pets. They are never going to tell you where any pets come from. That means, especially for puppies, that they are from puppy mills. This company needs to WAKE UP! Adopt from your local rescues and shelters and save a life. Don't ever buy a pet from the pet store!
K-strategists tend to live in environments that are what?
K-strategists (also called K-selected species) are species whose populations hover at the carrying capacity of their environment. K-strategists are apt to live in areas with relatively stable biological communities such as climax forests.
Are black and white tegu harmful?
columbian tegus can bite pretty hard and can draw blood. But argentine black and white tegus if handled to be tamed can be very rewarding! Wild tegus are harmful.
If a lizard is fed overly fatty foods or does not have regular exercise, they can become fairly overweight. When overweight, if not taken care of or tended to, they can become obese.
Do komodo dragons have a special nose?
Komodo dragons do not have a particularly keen sense of smell in their nose. However, a Komodo dragon has a special organ in the roof of its mouth called a Jacobson's organ, which senses chemicals in the air. This sense of smell allows Komodo dragons to detect carrion from up to 2.5 to 5.9 miles away.
It's possibly a young salamander with feathery external gills.
they are afraid of other animals that eat lizards like snakes.
About how many Komodo dragons are left in the wild?
Only about three thousand Komodo dragons are let in the world because all of these reasons the largest threat to the Komodo dragon is the volcanic activity. The volcanic activity causes loss of the lizard's prey,plus causing deaths and loss of the dragons. Another threat is the villagers that live close to the komodo dragons. The villagers are reducing the population by poisoning carrion and then throwing it where the lizards will get and then killing the lizards by poison. They are also endangered because of tourism in the Sunda and Komodo Islands and because of illegal poaching. There are about 5000 dragons in the wild and only 350 of them are breeding females. The Komodo dragon is the king of its food chain, and if this lizard goes extinct it would collapse a whole food chain causing more extinctions.The Komodo dragon has no predators expect the human. The Komodo dragon can and will kill anything if needed and is one of the most powerful reptiles in the world.dragons are known to eat as much as their body weight worth of food and they can survive for weeks without having to eat anything. Their teeth are about 1 cm long and they resemble the teeth of a shark. They have been known to attach humans are rarely kill them. Even for their size they are fast and agile with a speed of 20 MPH. The Komodo Dragons have been on earth for about 40 million years or more. The Komodo dragon's salvia contains 50 different types of bacteria and 7 that are fatal. The Komodo dragon is at the top of its food chain making it more dangerous.
A few species are, but not all of them. For example, Binchuan Horned Toads are endangered. They are protected, but not endangered.
Do female lizards need males to reproduce?
i personally don't know but they probably do. there is still a 50% that they don't because they're lizard. you might want to double check though.
