Lizard Facts

(Russian legless lizard)

• Some lizards are legless! They look like snakes. Look closely, if you see ear openings and moveable eyes, it’s really a lizard.

• Their legs are not positioned like a mammals, they stick out on each side and push the body along

• Lizards are adaptable. They are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica.
  
  


• Lizards shed their skin when they outgrow it

• Lizards never stop growing
  

• Not all species of lizard lay eggs.

• The Gila monster and its close relative, the Mexican beaded lizard, are the only two venomous lizards in the world