- Lizards are part of large family of reptiles, they are more closely related to snakes.
- Most of the lizards have eyelids just like us. Some lizards like geckos can’t blink.
- Lizards use their tongue to catch scent particles in the air to find out the potential food or enemy.
- Lizards don’t have ear flaps like we have, they have a visible hole for ears near mouth. But they can’t hear better than us but their hearing capacity is much better than that of snakes.
- Most of the lizards shed their old skins in order to get the new skin.
- There are around 6000 species of Lizards around the world.
- Lizards live in deserts, marshland and forest area.
- Lizards are cold blooded animals so they can’t survive without sun light.
- Tail of Lizard is very weak, sometimes they are able to cut their tail without any damage. Eventually they can grow back their broken tail.
- Komodo dragon is also a lizard which is very dangerous to Humans. They can kill humans with just one bite. They are the biggest lizards.
- Many people keep Lizards as pets.
- Lizards can change their color.
- Lizards have microscopic hairs at the bottom of their feet which helps them to walk on wall and ceiling.Â
- Most of the Lizards can swim.
- Lizards love eating insects and sometimes they can eat fruit and plants too.
- Most of the Lizards are not harmful but there are some that are poisonous and must be avoided. People keep lizards as pets as well.