#saurian  any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
  supertype:  diapsid_reptile__diapsid  reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
  member of:  suborder_Sauria
  subtype:  lizard  relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
     subtype:  gecko  any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
        subtype:  flying_gecko__fringed_gecko__fringedgecko__Ptychozoon_homalocephalum  having membranous expansions along sides of body and limbs and tail
        subtype:  banded_gecko  any of several geckos with dard bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids; of United States southwest and gulf coast to Florida
     subtype:  iguanid_lizard__iguanidlizard__iguanid  lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
        subtype:  common_iguana__iguana__Iguana_iguana  large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central and South America
        subtype:  marine_iguana__Amblyrhynchus_cristatus  shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands
        subtype:  desert_iguana__Dipsosaurus_dorsalis  small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
        subtype:  chuckwalla__Sauromalus_obesus  rock-dwelling herbivorous lizard of arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico
        subtype:  zebra-tailed_lizard__gridiron-tailed_lizard__Callisaurus_draconoides  swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
        subtype:  fringe-toed_lizard__Uma_notata  with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico
        subtype:  earless_lizard__earlesslizard  any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico
        subtype:  collared_lizard  any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
        subtype:  leopard_lizard__leopardlizard  any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico
        subtype:  spiny_lizard__spinylizard  any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North and Central America
           subtype:  fence_lizard__fencelizard  spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
              subtype:  western_fence_lizard__westernfencelizard__swift__blue-belly__Sceloporus_occidentalis  common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
              subtype:  eastern_fence_lizard__easternfencelizard__pine_lizard__Sceloporus_undulatus  small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
           subtype:  sagebrush_lizard__sagebrushlizard__Sceloporus_graciosus  a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
        subtype:  side-blotched_lizard__sand_lizard__Uta_stansburiana  one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
        subtype:  tree_lizard__Urosaurus_ornatus  a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
        subtype:  horned_lizard__horned_toad__horny_frog__hornyfrog  insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
           subtype:  Texas_horned_lizard__Phrynosoma_cornutum  of arid and semiarid open country
        subtype:  basilisk  small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
        subtype:  American_chameleon__anole__Anolis_carolinensis  small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
     subtype:  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
     subtype:  night_lizard__nightlizard  small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
     subtype:  skink__scincid__scincidlizard  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
        subtype:  western_skink__westernskink__Eumeces_skiltonianus  found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands
        subtype:  mountain_skink__Eumeces_callicephalus  frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico
     subtype:  teiid_lizard__teiidlizard__teiid  tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
        subtype:  whiptail_lizard__whiptail  any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
           subtype:  six-lined_racerunner__sixlinedracerunner__racerunner__race_runner__Cnemidophorus_sexlineatus  very swift lizard of eastern and central United States
           subtype:  plateau_striped_whiptail__plateaustripedwhiptail__Cnemidophorus_velox  having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
           subtype:  Chihuahuan_spotted_whiptail__Cnemidophorus_exsanguis  having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots; upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico
           subtype:  western_whiptail__westernwhiptail__Cnemidophorus_tigris  active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California
           subtype:  checkered_whiptail__checkeredwhiptail__Cnemidophorus_tesselatus  markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua
        subtype:  teju  large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
        subtype:  caiman_lizard  crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels
     subtype:  agamid_lizard__agamid  a lizard of the family Agamidae
        subtype:  agama  small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
        subtype:  frilled_lizard__frilledlizard__Chlamydosaurus_kingi  large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
        subtype:  flying_dragon__dragon__flying_lizard  any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
        subtype:  moloch  any lizard of the genus Moloch
           subtype:  mountain_devil__spiny_lizard__spinylizard__molochhorridu  desert lizard that feeds on ants
     subtype:  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
        subtype:  alligator_lizard__alligatorlizard  slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
        subtype:  blindworm__slowworm__Anguis_fragilis  small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
        subtype:  glass_lizard__glasslizard__glass_snake__glasssnake__joint_snake__jointsnake  snakelike lizard of Europe Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
     subtype:  legless_lizard__leglesslizard  degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
     subtype:  Lanthanotus_borneensis  a stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo
     subtype:  venomous_lizard  any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards
        subtype:  Gila_monster__Heloderma_suspectum  large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested
        subtype:  Mexican_beaded_lizard__beaded_lizard__Heloderma_horridum  lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
     subtype:  lacertid_lizard__lacertid  Old World terrestrial lizard
        subtype:  sand_lizard__Lacerta_agilis  a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
        subtype:  green_lizard__greenlizard__lacertaviridi  a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long
     subtype:  chameleon__chamaeleon  lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
        subtype:  African_chameleon__Chamaeleo_chamaeleon  a chameleon found in Africa
        subtype:  horned_chameleon__Chamaeleo_oweni  a kind of chameleon
     subtype:  monitor_lizard__monitorlizard__monitor__varan  any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
        subtype:  African_monitor__Varanus_niloticus  destroys crocodile eggs
        subtype:  Komodo_dragon__Komodo_lizard__dragon_lizard__giant_lizard__giantlizard__Varanus_komodoensis  the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands

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