The hidden forest lizard that forced scientists to rethink reptile classification

A slender reptile slips beneath damp leaf litter in Taiwan’s mountain forests, rarely seen and often mistaken for a snake.
Smithsonian Magazine

How a 162-Year-Old Specimen Helped Prove the Existence of an ‘Incredulous’ Lizard Species

A serendipitous find in the National Museum of Natural History’s collections yielded just the second known specimen of a mysterious Cuban anole Benjamin Hack A CT scan reconstruction of USNM 5095 that ...
Forbes

Meet The ‘Greater Short-Horned Lizard’—It Shoots Blood At Its Predators From Up To 5 Feet Away

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the arid plains and rocky deserts of North America, a ...
WFAA8

This extremely rare western Texas lizard might be endangered, UT-Arlington says

ARLINGTON, Texas — Out in western Texas, there's an extremely rare lizard called the Dixon's whiptail. The fast-moving reptile – which measures about 8 to 12 inches in length and is gray in color with ...