lizard on a Tree is a photograph by Alex Hiemstra which was uploaded on September 4th, 2014.
lizard on a Tree
Africa, Ansi Lodge in the centre of Tsavo East Wildlife Park.... more
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lizard on a Tree
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Alex Hiemstra
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Africa, Ansi Lodge in the centre of Tsavo East Wildlife Park.
On the porch of our cabin, sitting in my rocking chair (with a drink in my hand) i saw this small lizzard just 4 feet away...
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with approximately 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group, traditionally recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, is defined as all extant members of the Lepidosauria (reptiles with overlapping scales) that are neither sphenodonts (i.e., tuatara) nor snakes � they form an evolutionary grade. While the snakes are recognized as falling phylogenetically within the Toxicofera clade from which they evolved, the sphenodonts are the sister group to the squamates, the larger monophyletic group, which includes both the lizards and the snakes.
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