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lizard
relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
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gecko
any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
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iguanid, iguanid lizard
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
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worm lizard
a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
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night lizard
small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
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scincid, scincid lizard, skink
alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
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teiid, teiid lizard
tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
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agamid, agamid lizard
a lizard of the family Agamidae
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anguid lizard
any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects
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legless lizard
degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
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Lanthanotus borneensis
a stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo
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venomous lizard
any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards
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lacertid, lacertid lizard
Old World terrestrial lizard
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chamaeleon, chameleon
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
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monitor, monitor lizard, varan
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
