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The American Anniellidae

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011


The purely American Anniellidae, consisting of two species, is also mainly subterranean in habits. It is known to be found near moisture, in loose soil such as beaches. Unlike the Dibamidae, Anniella has functional eyes and well developed eyelids.

The Anguinidae, have their share of burrowers, too, such as the well known slow-worm, Anguis fragilis, a worm-eating species found in Britain and continental Europe. They are remarkably long-lived for lizards. being kept in captivity for over 50 years, and are very effective eradicators of the garden slug.

Unique to Australia and New Guinea is a family known as “scaly-footed lizards,” the Pygopodidae. They are characterized by being limbless save for a pair of flaps near the vent. They lack eyelids and the ear may be exposed or hidden.

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Aguidae

Monday, February 22nd, 2010


The purely American Annielidae , consists of two species.   Mainly subterranean in habits , it is known to be found near moisture, in loose soil such as beaches.  Unlike the Dibamidael,  Anniella has functional eyes and well developed eyelids.

The Anguindidae have their share of burrowers too , such as the well known slow-worm,  Anguis fragilis , a worm eating species found in Britain and in continental Europe.  They are remarkably long lived for lizards, being kept in captivity for over 50 years. and most effective eradicators of the garden “slug”.

Endangered Animals | Lesley Smitheringale Fine Art – Papua New Guinea, long derided for allowing widespread illegal logging, has created a conservation areas the size of Singapore to protect the bear-like, tree kangaroos and other endangered species. … The reptile is almost extinct in its native Myanmar as its numbers dwindle. brushtailed-bettong-with-her-joey. Brush-tailed Bettong with her joey – After living in its mother’s pouch for more than three months, this joey emerged at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. …

Murray Monster (Papua New Guinea) – The first account of this cryptid came in December 11, 1999, while paddling across the lake a small group of native villagers reported seeing a “dinosaur-like reptile” in shallow pools near Boboa island. The next day two missionaries …

Thoughts on Keeping the Giant Bent-Toed Gecko and Related Species … – Herpetologist Frank Indiviglio discusses keeping the Giant Day Gecko, and related Gecko species, on That Reptile Blog. … The giant bent-toed gecko is often sold as the “New Guinea phase” of C. louisiadensis, but is actually a separate species, C. irianjayaensis. To further confuse matters, stores sometimes mix up the various species, and coin their own names. There are still many questions as regards the husbandry and natural history of the giant bent-toed gecko. …

Ever Since Darwin – It’s estimated that there are an amazing 5-8 million species of beetle alone, with new species discovered every day. And it’s not just beetles. Scores of new birds, reptile and even mammals have been discovered in just the last decade. …

CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: DALE DRINNON: AMENDED … – There are apparantly separate analogues of this in Central and West Africa, and the confusion of these with some sort of flying reptile may be general; Charles Gould in Mythical Monsters notes the production of “Jenny hanivers” from West Africa since early times. …. It would take an expert to determine this for certain, including in the case of the New Britain Migo. The South New Guinea crocodile also might be entirely separate from the North New Guinea crocodile. …

Spiny echidna – What has the beak of a bird, the spines of a hedgehog, the gait of a reptile, the pouch of a marsupial, and the lifespan of an elephant? If you answered an. … Native to New Guinea and Australia, echidnas weren’t even identified in the western world until 1792, when the first detailed description was published in England. Still, it took hundreds of years of technological advancements before any close study of the echidna was possible. At first glance, an observer might …

Unique to the continent of Australia and New Guinea is a family known as “scaly-footed lizards” and Pyrogodidae.  These are characterized by being limbless save for a pair of flaps near the vent.  They lack eyelids and the ear may be exposed or hidden.

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