Although monitor lizards are sometimes kept as pets, they are still wild animals and should be treated as such. However, for the right person, monitor lizards can make ideal pets. Where can I buy an earless monitor lizard? Earless monitor lizards are found on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.Read More →
There are three species of these spectacular lizards living in parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Their Latin name literally means “water lizard,” an apt name for these tropical Asian lizards as they rarely stray far from water. What allow a lizard to walk on water? BasiliskRead More →
African redhead agamas are hard to miss. The male lizards have bright orange heads, dark blue bodies, multicolored tails and can grow up to a foot long. Females aren’t quite as colorful, though they do have some bright spots and share the same stunning stature. Which home lizards are poisonous?Read More →
Toxic Lizards However, since these lizards have enough venom to kill a dog or cat, keep your pet from trying to play or fight with them. As for North American lizards that are small enough to snack on, juvenile blue-tailed skinks, newts and salamanders all secrete poison through their skin,Read More →
Surprisingly, these lizards remain healthy with levels of green bile that are 40 times higher than the lethal concentration in humans. … The muscles, bones and tongues of these lizards appear bright, lime-green due to high levels of biliverdin, or a green bile pigment, which is toxic and causes jaundice.Read More →