As darkness fell across the mountains of northeastern India, a “dragon”-like creature climbed onto ... researchers found a pair of sleeping lizards on tree branches, the study said.
The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...
(Prehensile means it is able to take hold of objects like branches). Pygmy lizards belong to a family of reptiles called Agamidae (commonly called dragons or dragon lizards). But unlike other Agamids ...
The lizards also scavenge—they’re opportunists ... “You might shoo a squirrel away that comes to steal your lunch. They treat dragons like that.” As for dragons that attack, the government ...
Komodo dragons have thick ... Keepers can’t pick up a huge and potentially dangerous lizard like Murphy, so they train him to participate in his care. One of their main tools is a large crate ...