• List of largest extinct lizards which are members of the order Squamata. An extinct member of family Diplodactylidae, Kawekaweau or Delcourt's giant gecko...
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  • largest land lizard to have ever lived Mosasauridae, an extinct family in the order Squamata which includes the largest lizards of the world List of largest...
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    Red List of Threatened Species: Labidura herculeana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. "Gone for good: world's largest earwig declared extinct". Mongabay...
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    3 in) in length. There are no recent records of this species and it is generally considered extinct. The largest certainly living species is the Australian...
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    Gallotia goliath (category Extinct animals of Africa)
    hand and Algyroides fitzingeri to scale. Island gigantism List of largest extinct lizards Bravo, Telésforo. Lacerta maxima n. sp. de la fauna continental...
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  • species of monitor lizards, and the largest lizards in the New World. Iguanas vary considerably in size and form, but even the smallest lizards in this...
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    one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus. All of its species are found in the Australasian realm, among which are the world's largest lizards. Within...
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    Megalania (category Monitor lizards of Australia)
    an extinct species of giant monitor lizard, part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene. It is the largest terrestrial...
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    This is a list of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650...
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    (living) reptiles of New Zealand consist of numerous species of terrestrial lizards and the lizard-like tuatara, and several species of sea turtles and...
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    size of extinct species was subject to energetic and biomechanical constraints. The herbivorous Alierasaurus was the largest caseid and the largest amniote...
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  • 2023 in reptile paleontology Evolution of reptiles Archosauromorpha Lepidosauromorpha List of largest extinct lizards Parareptilia Captorhinidae Araeoscelidia...
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    thin, almost spaghetti-like. Megafauna List of longest fish Largest organisms Largest prehistoric animals The extinct whale species Perucetus colossus (described...
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    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...
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    Gigarcanum (category IUCN Red List extinct species)
    delcourti, is an extinct species of gecko in the family Diplodactylidae. It is the largest known of all geckos, with a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 37 cm (14...
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    Jamaican giant galliwasp (category Lizards of the Caribbean)
    galliwasp or sinking galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) is a possibly extinct species of lizard in the Diploglossidae. It was endemic to Jamaica. It was last...
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    This list of African species extinct in the Holocene covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before...
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    lizards, but is lacking in the monitor lizard, the legless lizards. It is absent in the snakes, alligators, and crocodiles. Many turtles and lizards have...
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    Tenerife giant rat (category Extinct mammals of Africa)
    giant rat (Canariomys bravoi) is an extinct species of rodent endemic to the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, Spain. Many remains...
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    who have bright colours, young lizards and females have somewhat dull coloration (brownish). The Maltese wall lizard usually eats small insects like...
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    variations in size of any land animal group, ranging from tiny hummingbirds, which can weigh as little as two grams, to the extinct titanosaurs, such as...
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    Island gigantism (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
    dragon of Flores and nearby islands, the largest extant lizard, and a similar (extinct) giant monitor lizard from Timor have been regarded as examples of giant...
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    one of the 17,508 islands that comprise the Republic of Indonesia. It is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on...
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    3 m (10 ft) in the case of the largest living varanid lizard, the Komodo dragon. Most lizards are fairly small animals. Lizards typically have rounded...
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    of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami, and Gili Motang. The largest extant...
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    Mauritian giant skink (category IUCN Red List extinct species)
    (Leiolopisma mauritiana) is a large, extinct species of skink It was found only in Mauritius. It became extinct sometime in the 17th century, likely due...
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    of limbless lizards endemic to the Australian region; all 39 species from seven genera occur in Australia. The Agamidae or dragon lizards are represented...
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  • Squamata is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians (worm lizards). There are many examples of aquatic squamates...
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    The Martinique curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus herminieri) is an extinct species of lizard in the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae). The specific...
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    Draco lizards. Flight is described in three stages: dive flight, glide flight, and ascent flight or landing phase. Dive flight occurs when the lizard launches...
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