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Most lizards have sharp, tricuspid teeth adapted for grabbing and holding. Most are quadrupedal with powerful limb musculature; others run bipedally, use lateral undulations, burrow, or glide through the air.
Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as big as water buffalo. Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage, reflex bleeding, and the ability to sacrifice and regrow their tails.
Learn about the diverse group of reptiles called lizards, which have over 6,000 species and various adaptations for different habitats and lifestyles. Find out how lizards communicate, sense, defend, and reproduce, and see images of different lizard types.
Defensive Adaptations. Despite their spiky features, short-horned lizards are preyed upon by a number of creatures, including hawks, roadrunners, snakes, lizards, dogs, wolves, and...
13 de feb. de 2023 · It’s a unique opportunity to study the mechanisms of evolution at work in organisms working to adapt to a new habitat. In a recent PNAS study, Kristin Winchell of New York University and colleagues studied the genetics of evolution in urban populations of the Puerto Rican crested anole.
