LIZARDS

Longest lizard - Papuan Monitor - 4.75m (15ft 7in) Smallest lizard - Sphaerodactylus parthenopian - 18mm (0.7 in) Oldest Lizard - Slow worm - 54 years		The chuckwalla lizard has an unusual form of defence. It darts into a crevice in the rocks and then inflates itself until it becomes firmly wedged into the crevice into the crevice and cannot be pulled out!
Snake-like flap footed lizard Lialis burtoni preys upon geckos for its food needs.	The Moluch lizard of Australia has so many spines it looks as if it is wearing a suit of armour.	The shingle backed lizard of Australia is slow and clumsy, but it has a hidden weapon to scare away enemies. It sticks out its blue tongue and hisses loudly.
The tegu lizard starts life as a slim young thing, but it gets fatter as it gets older.	Male monitor lizards wrestle at the beginning of the mating season, rearing up on their hind legs. They try to push each other to the ground and the first one to manage this wins the female.	The eyed lizard is a fast mover that whose favourite food is crickets, and grasshoppers.
Usually the male anole lizard looks quite inconspicuous, but when he wants to attract a mate, he puffs up a colourful flap on his neck.	The basilisk lizard can run on water.	Water dragons are lizards that live in the forests of Southeast Asia and Australia.
The largest lizard is the Komodo monitor of South East Asia. It looks like a dragon and can grow up to 3m (10ft) long. As long as a Mini.	The only venomous lizards in the world are the Gila monster and its larger relative, the beaded lizard. The Gila monster uses its poison only for defences, not for attack.	When the frilled lizard is attacked, it spreads out a fold of skin around its neck to make it look big and ferocious.