page_title: Lizard
hierarchical_section_title: Lizard
caption_attribution_description: Chamaeleon montium (Buchholz) = Trioceros montium/Chamaeleo montium Buchholz, 1874 (See Trioceros montium) Lophyrus tigrinus (Duméril) = Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Laurenti, 1768 (See Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus) Draconellus volans (Linné) = Draco volans Linnaeus, 1758 (See Draco volans) Phrynosoma cornutum (Wiegmann) = Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan, 1825) (See Phrynosoma cornutum) Ptychozoon homalocephalum (Kuhl) = Ptychozoon kuhli Stejneger, 1902 (See Ptychozoon kuhli) Basiliscus americanus (Daudin) = Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758) (See Basiliscus basiliscus) Chlamydosaurus kingii (Gray) = Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray, 1827 (See Chlamydosaurus kingii) Moloch horridus (Gray) = Moloch horridus Gray, 1841 (See Moloch horridus) English: Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon Chameleon Forest Dragon Flying Dragon Texas Horned Lizard Kuhl's Flying Gecko Common Basilisk Frill-necked Lizard Thorny Devil The 79th lithographic plate from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904) depicts a variety of lizards, or Lacertilia. In terms of evolutionary relationships, these eight lizards demonstrate the diversity of the suborder Lacertilia, which has been replaced by an array of new suborders and infraorders in recent classifications. Unusual species of chameleon and gonocephalus are at the top; the second row has a flying dragon and a Texas horned lizard; the third row has a flying gecko and a common basilisk; on the bottom row are the aptly named frill-necked lizard and the Thorny Devil. As in many of Haeckel's prints, the colors and spatial composition are more of an aesthetic choice than a reproduction of nature; the lithographer Adolf Glitsch worked directly from Haeckel's sketches rather than from first-hand specimens. (Olaf Breidbach (2004): Visions of Nature: The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel. Prestel, New York, USA.) Full text description (in German):
context_page_description: Lizards are reptiles. Together with snakes, they make up the order Squamata.
  There are about 6,000 species, which live all over the world, except in cold climates. They range across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. One type, the marine iguana, lives in the sea. Size varies greatly, from geckos of a few inches or cm to the Komodo dragon of 3 meters and 70 kg.
  Some kinds of lizard are:
  Basilisk
  Tories
  Gecko
  Iguana
  Monitor lizard
  Frill-necked Lizard
  Draco, flying lizard
  Slow-worm: a lizard without legs.
context_section_description: Lizards are reptiles. Together with snakes, they make up the order Squamata.
  There are about 6,000 species, which live all over the world, except in cold climates. They range across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.  One type, the marine iguana, lives in the sea. Size varies greatly, from geckos of a few inches or cm to the Komodo dragon of 3 meters (9 feet) and 70 kg (150 pounds). 
  Some kinds of lizard are: 
  Basilisk
  Tories
  Gecko
  Iguana
  Monitor lizard
  Frill-necked Lizard
  Draco, flying lizard
  Slow-worm: a lizard without legs.
caption: "Lacertilia", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
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