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How lizards turn into snakes: a phylogenetic analysis of body-form evolution in anguid lizards.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

Molecular phylogenetics, tRNA evolution and historical biogeography in anguid lizards and related taxonomic families.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

I did hear of a case where a pet anguid (I forget of which species) let out a loud shriek, which if accurately reported would have been a genuine vocalisation rather than just a noisy exhalation.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

To confuse things however, there is a supposed anguid taxon endemic to eastern Europe that was also named A.f. colchica (that was the original name – coined by Nordman in 1840 – but it should actually be A.f. colchicus), and it also is characterized, in part, by its blue spots (which are larger and more prominent than those of other slow-worms).

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

Middle Eocene (Geiseltalian) anguid lizards from Geiseltal and Messel, Germany.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

Reptiles are the only other terrestrial vertebrate group to occur naturally on the island, and are represented by three species, all endemic to the island - an anole (Anolis agassizi), an anguid lizard (Diploglossus millepunctatus), and a gecko (Phyllodactylus transversalia).

Malpelo Island xeric scrub 2007

D. millepunctatus is among the largest of the anguid lizards and is one of the most conspicuous elements of the fauna on the island.

Malpelo Island xeric scrub 2007

The anguid lizard Celestus occiduus, native to Jamaica, is unusually big for an anguid.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The anguid lizard Celestus occiduus, native to Jamaica, is unusually big for an anguid.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Their closest living relatives are the anguid and helodermatid lizards.

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