Reptiles & Amphibians

Lizards

Written by Sarah J. Keller

Copyright 2001 Isaveatree.com

ISBN 0-9714299-0-1 (50 Book Set)

Table Of Contents

What is a lizard………………………....4

Gila monster……………………….…..10

Glass lizard……………………………..12

The Third eye……………………….. ..16

Glossary………………………………..24

Index………………………………...….25

Books to read and web sites to visit….26

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A lizard is an animal that has a scaly body, four legs, and a long tail. Lizards have backbones and breathe with lungs.

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There are many kinds of lizards. Most lizards live in warm parts of the world. No lizards live where it is cold all the time.

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A lizard is a cold-blooded animal. This means that its body will warm up and cool down with the outside air. Lizards depend on the sun to stay warm.

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Lizards come in all shapes and sizes. The Gila Monster has a fat body and stores fat in its tail. It can go without food for many months in the desert.

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Some lizards have very small legs or no legs at all. A glass lizard is a kind of lizard with no legs at all. It looks like a snake, but it has movable eyelids.

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Most lizards can see and hear very well. Lizards have ear openings on the sides of their heads. Lizards have movable eyelids to protect their eyes.

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Some lizards have a “third eye”, a tiny hole on the top of the head that helps them know how long to stay in the sun.

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Some lizards have very small and grainy scales. Other lizards have large plate-like scales. Lizard scales may be smooth or they may have little ridges called keels.

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Most lizards eat plants, worms, and insects. Some lizards can shoot their tongue out beyond their nose to catch insects on the tip.

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Most lizards hatch from eggs. Some lizards are born live. A mother lizard does not care for its baby lizards when they are born. Lizards today live very much like dinosaurs, the lizards of long ago.

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Index

baby lizards, 22 backbones, 4 cold blooded animal, 8 dinosaurs, 22 eggs, 22 eyelids, 14 Gila Monster, 10 Glass lizard, 12 Grainy scales, 18 Hatch, 22 scaly body, 4 third eye, 16

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Glossary

cold blooded animal – animal that heats its body with the sun

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eyelids – the flaps of skin that cover and protect the eyes grainy – sandy or rough to the touch hatch – to begin life by breaking out of an egg lizard – a cold blooded animal with four legs, a scaly body and long tail lungs- the two organs in our body that help us breathe scales – hard protective coverings on the skin of some ani

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More Great Books To Read

Title: My Pet Lizards Author: LeeAnne Engfer Publisher: Lerner Publications Copyright: 1999 Title: Lizards Author: Bill Ivy Publisher: Grolier Copyright: 1990 Title: Pet Reptiles Author: Daniel Noonan Publisher: Grolier Educational Copyright: 1997

Websites

Link 1

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Credits

Sarah Keller – Author Douglas Meyers- Technology Director Dan Mader- Art Director / Illustrator Robert Rance - Photo Selections Robert Rance - Audio Engineering Robert Rance – Research & Development

Photo Credits

Some images in collection 1 (50 book set) www.arttoday.com I save a tree reserves the right to change photos at any time