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More than half of all reptiles alive today are lizards, with over 6,000 species. Lizards are truly worldwide in distribution, although like all reptiles they are most diverse and abundant in the tropics. ‘Lizards’ explains that evidence from the DNA sequences of genes has provided a pretty clear idea of how the modern lizards evolved. It describes the key features of ‘typical’ lizards—their predatory lifestyle, the specialized feeding mechanism called cranial kinesis, and their reproductive arrangements. It also discusses more specialized species such as limbless lizards; aquatic lizards; arboreal lizards such as chameleons; geckos; airborne lizards; and the large predators such as monitor lizards and the Gila monster.
Title: 3. Lizards
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More than half of all reptiles alive today are lizards, with over 6,000 species.
Lizards are truly worldwide in distribution, although like all reptiles they are most diverse and abundant in the tropics.
‘Lizards’ explains that evidence from the DNA sequences of genes has provided a pretty clear idea of how the modern lizards evolved.
It describes the key features of ‘typical’ lizards—their predatory lifestyle, the specialized feeding mechanism called cranial kinesis, and their reproductive arrangements.
It also discusses more specialized species such as limbless lizards; aquatic lizards; arboreal lizards such as chameleons; geckos; airborne lizards; and the large predators such as monitor lizards and the Gila monster.
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