Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes, encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The grouping is paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other lizards. Living lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon.

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