News tagged with tree lizard


Neon blue-tailed tree lizard glides like a feather

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most lacertid lizards are content scurrying in and out of nooks and crannies in walls and between rocks. However, some have opted for an arboreal life style. Neon blue tailed tree lizards (Holaspis guentheri) leap from b ...





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Tree lizard’s quick release escape system makes jumpers turn somersaults

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created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

If you've ever tried capturing a lizard, you'll know how difficult it is. But if you do manage to corner one, many have the ultimate emergency quick release system for escape. They simply drop their tails, leaving the twitching ...


Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard

Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Armed with eyelash glue, a walking stick and a faithful horse, University of Alberta researcher Krista Fink is hoping to help Canada's most northern lizard get off the species-at-risk list.


Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.


Lizards pull a wheelie

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created Jun 13, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Why bother running on hind legs when the four you've been given work perfectly well? This is the question that puzzles Christofer Clemente. For birds and primates, there's a perfectly good answer: birds have converted their ...


New family of gecko discovered

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created May 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History and Pennsylvania’s Villanova University have discovered a new family of gecko, the charismatic large-eyed lizard popularized by car insurance commercials.


A flower from the Emmenopterys henryi tree

Rare flowering of Chinese tree in Belgium

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

An endangered Chinese tree has flowered in a Belgian arboretum, an event seldom seen anywhere in Europe, the garden's curator said Wednesday.


Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species

Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species -- a shrew and a lizard -- giving each a venomous ...


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Jamaican lizards' shows of strength mark territory at dawn, dusk

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created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard? Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That's according to a new study showing that male Anolis ...


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Rediscovering the dragon's paradise lost

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

The world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is vulnerable to extinction and yet little is known about its natural history. New research by a team of palaeontologists and ar ...


Lizards 'Shout' Against a Noisy Background

Lizards 'Shout' Against a Noisy Background

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created Feb 21, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Lizards that signal to rivals with a visual display "shout" to get their point across, UC Davis researchers have found.



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