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L. borneensis. Binomial name. Lanthanotus borneensis. Steindachner, 1878. Earless monitor skull. The earless monitor lizard ( Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and it is related to the true monitor lizards. [ 3][ 4][ 5]
Monitor lizard. Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. [ 1] About 80 species are recognized. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed ...
Holbrookia. Species: H. maculata. Binomial name. Holbrookia maculata. Girard, 1851. Holbrookia maculata, commonly known as the lesser earless lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to the southwestern and central United States and northern Mexico. There are eight recognized subspecies .
Earless lizards have two throat folds, large eyes, and 27 or fewer femoral pores. They are also described as having shorter fore legs compared to their hind legs and also rather long toes. Although they are called earless lizards, they are still completely capable of hearing, but their ears do not have an external opening.
The blue iguana is the heaviest iguanid and one of the largest extant lizards. Iguanas are very large lizards, some of which can reach lengths of up to 2 m (6.6 ft) and mass more than 10 kg (22 lb). They are the largest lizards after some large species of monitor lizards, and the largest lizards in the New World.
Holbrookia maculata perspicua. Axtell, 1956. Holbrookia maculata perspicua, commonly known as the eastern earless lizard and the prairie earless lizard, is a subspecies of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. H. m. perspicua is a subspecies of the lesser earless lizard ( Holbrookia maculata ). The subspecies is native to the prairies of the ...
The greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) is the only species in the monotypic genus Cophosaurus. It is closely related to the smaller, lesser earless lizards and other species in the genus Holbrookia , and in fact was placed in that genus and referred to Holbrookia texana from 1852 into the 1970s.
Genus: Holbrookia. Girard, 1851. Keeled earless lizard ( Holbrookia propinqua) female, municipality of Soto La Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico (20 May 2002). Holbrookia is a genus of earless lizards, known commonly as the lesser earless lizards, in the family Phrynosomatidae. The genus contains six recognized species, which are found throughout the ...