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| navigate by keyword : animal reptile wildlife amphibian lizard frog nature turtle snake toad tortoise green serpent lizards widespread group squamate reptiles species ranging continents antarctica oceanic island chains paraphyletic excludes snakes amphisbaenia closely two excluded groups range size chameleons geckos centimeters long meter brown color patter patternal scales body | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles  with over 6 000 species [1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica  as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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