Crocodilians are very ancient species. The earliest crocodilian, meanwhile, evolved around 95 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period, coexisted with dinosaurs. Their appearance always made me relating them to some low to the ground water-dwelling type dinosaurs. After getting into the lizards' world, at macro scale, seem to me they are the dinosaurs survived from the mass extinction. Could some survive to date but appear in a humble form - a great variety of lizards? Do you know that snakes are evolved from lizards? Some snake species still have traces of not completely degraded legs. Most of the lizards have short and round tongues. Chameleons have elongated, extrudable tongues yet not forked. The lizards with a serpent-like forked tongue are the carnivorous ones of a larger size in family Varanidae (Monitors, goannas, Komodo dragon) and Teiidae (Tegus, whiptails, caiman lizards).
1. Black Roughneck Monitor
2. Black Roughneck Monitor 3. some other monitor is basking, I lost record of its name. 4. Mali Uromastyx 30-46 cm. this guy just looks like a dinosaur to me despite its size 5. 6. Argentine black and white tegu 0.7-1. 2 m 7. 8. Black-throated monitor, 1.2-1.8m up to 2.1m 9. 10. 11. Quince monitor, 1.5m 12. Mertens' water monitor, 1.82m, a strong swimmer, and seldom far from water. It is often seen basking on midstream rocks and logs, and on branches overhanging. 13. Pilbara rock monitor, 30-45cm 14. 15. Common basilisk， 76 cm 16. Central bearded dragon lives up to its name: Like a dragon, it's equipped with armor of spiny reptilian scales, which include a “beard” of spikes under its chin that puffs up depending on its mood. 38-61 cm 17. 18. Asian water monitor. 2-2.5m 22.5kg, up to 3.2m, 45kg, related to Komodo dragon, often mistaken for them. Asian water monitor lizards do secrete venom, however, it is not lethally dangerous or fatal to humans while Komodo dragon bites can be fatal to humans without immediate treatment. 19. Nile monitor, is Africa's longest lizard, 1.2-1.8 m 20. Nile monitor 21. Ctenosaura, A.K.A spinytail iguana 12.5 cm-1 m 22. 23. Green iguna, 1.2 - 2 m, is a large lizard and is probably the largest species in the iguana family
24. .Not very green though, it is still a Green iguna
25. zoom 26. ZOOM, this is a true macro shot with a macro lens, lighting is a challenge for macro photograthy, at high ISO 6400, image quality is compromised
The generic name Varanus is derived from the Arabic waral (???), which translates as "monitor". The specific name is the Latin word for "saviour", denoting a possible religious connotation.[3] The water monitor is occasionally confused with the crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii) because of their similar scientific names.[4]
Some common names for the species are Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard, no-mark lizard and water monitor etc.
1. Black Roughneck Monitor
2. Black Roughneck Monitor24. .Not very green though, it is still a Green iguna
25. zoomThe Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1] It was described by Laurenti in 1768 and is among the largest squamates in the world.[2]
EtymologyThe generic name Varanus is derived from the Arabic waral (???), which translates as "monitor". The specific name is the Latin word for "saviour", denoting a possible religious connotation.[3] The water monitor is occasionally confused with the crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii) because of their similar scientific names.[4]
Some common names for the species are Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard, no-mark lizard and water monitor etc.
【一句话翻译答案】及Basilisk和AI的梗 ： 来源: 妖妖灵 于 2021-10-09 13:24:17 [档案] [转至博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读： 40 次 (6867 bytes) 字体：调大/重置/调小 | 加入书签 | 打印 | 所有跟帖 | 加跟贴 | 当前最热讨论主题 | 编辑 | 删除 本文内容已被 [ 妖妖灵 ] 在 2021-10-10 23:05:27 编辑过。如有问题，请报告版主或论坛管理删除. 回答: 【一句话翻译】Basilisk 由 妖妖灵 于 2021-10-08 07:48:13
在欧洲的动物寓言和传说中，蛇怪是一种传说中的爬行动物，以蛇王著称，看一眼就会致死。
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who can cause death with a single glance.看着绿油油的，我把#18当成了它
Komodo dragon 应该是最大的蜥蜴，体重可接超过90kg