Ten most amazing lizards, learning about which, you want to buy yourself a pet capable of such disgusting stunts, which will give you goosebumps. However, it's great!
Here are 10 of the most interesting lizards. You might be interested in the article 10 Amazing Animals Recently Discovered.
10. Roundhead (Phrynocephalus)
It is called the toad-headed agama. A small lizard lives in the desert and surprises with its unusual habits. Roundheads communicate with each other, twisting and twisting their tails, and vibrate with bodies to quickly bury themselves in the sand. Those who want to eat them, the lizard forces them to flee, demonstrating the bizarre colorful mouth folds that you can see in the photo.
9. Brookesia minima
The chameleon is an eminently unique reptile. His fingers are connected by a membrane like lobster claws - he has an extremely prehensile tail, and he demonstrates his attitude to what is happening by changing color. Eyeballs, like binoculars, are able to move independently of each other, and a long tongue famously shoots out and knocks down an insect like a sticky harpoon from a cannon.
Unusual even among chameleons - Brookesia minima) or dwarf leaf chameleon. He is without doubt one of the smallest reptiles known to man.
8. Phrynosoma
Or "horned"lizard. It got its name for its rounded shape and fat body, covered with a thick shield of horns and thorns. Dwelling on sandy soils in drought conditions, the lizard feeds exclusively on ants and boasts one of the most terrible defense mechanisms from enemies: in moments of danger, it is capable of up to limit to increase the blood pressure in the vessels of the head, until the small ocular vessels burst and shoot streams of blood at the attacker.
The unpleasant taste of the blood is probably due to formic acid, which makes it clear to mammalian predators that they should not waste their precious time on it. Unfortunately, birds are not averse to feasting on phrinosis, despite their amazing ability.
7. Moloch (Moloch horridus)
Despite the complete absence of any kinship with horned toads, in the desert "thorny devil"has the same distinctive features and abilities as they do: a body covered with thorns, the ability to change body color to be invisible on the sand. Despite the fact that it is quite difficult to swallow a moloch covered with thorns, predators will not miss the opportunity to mate -tree "trial"bites. In such cases, covered with thorns"cone"on the back of the head serves as bait -"fake"head.
6. Filipino sailing lizard
It is an omnivorous amphibian. It feeds on fruits, nuts, insects and does not disdain small animals that it hunts near tropical rivers. Flat fingers in small species allow them to escape from predators, in the literal sense of the word, running away along the surface of the water. This trick can also be done by "basilisk" or "lizard of jesus christ". Adult males are famous for being painted in beautiful blue, red and even purple colors.
5. Sea lizard
Galapagos marine iguanas boast one inherent lifestyle: like penguins or sea lions, they live in coastal waters and do nothing but dive underwater in search of food. Feeding exclusively on green algae, they scrape them off the rocks using their rough jaws. These animals fearlessly drove away Charles Darwin himself when he first discovered them. In his notes, he called them "demons of darkness".
4. Flying gecko
Many geckos have an amazing ability to climb any surface, even smooth glass, thanks to the microscopic villi on their fingertips. These villi attach to various materials at a molecular level like a velcro.
What's more surprising about geckos is the ability to fly. And many of their species have succeeded in this. Gliding from tree to tree, the flying gecko uses its webbed feet, wide tail, and folds of skin for flight, just like a flying squirrel does.
3. Lizard Monster Gila (Heloderma suspectum)
Together with "gingletooth"To which she belongs, the Gila Monster is recognized as a type of lizard whose bite is poisonous. When bitten, a painful neurotoxin enters the victim's body through the grooves in the tiny sharp teeth.
It is now known that many other lizards may also contain at least traces of mild venom in their teeth, but Monster Gil's venom remains one of the most toxic. What is the name alone!
2. Aiolot (Bipes biporus)
Surprisingly, the Mexican mole lizard or Baja California worm-like lizard is not actually a lizard or a snake. These strange earth-digging reptiles, which usually lack limbs and even eyes, spend their entire lives underground, hunting worms and insects. B. biporus differs from other representatives of the group in the presence of remarkable clawed, like a mole, front limbs, although the hind ones are still missing.
1. Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Dragon of Komodo Island - the largest carnivorous lizard of all, reaches almost three meters in length. Although the lion's share of the diet is rotting meat, he gladly pursues live prey, even such a large one as a deer, in order to unnoticeably make a single bite. After that, he can calmly wait until the victim is exhausted from blood loss and infection.
Thanks to his love for carrion, his saliva is replete with bacteria that seriously weaken the victim's body. Recent studies show that it is capable of producing poison. In addition, the dragon is able to relax its jaw ligaments, open its mouth wide, and excrete moisturizing red mucus to swallow a suitable corpse whole.
