5376 x 3580 px | 45,5 x 30,3 cm | 17,9 x 11,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
23 febbraio 2013
Ubicazione:
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Altre informazioni:
Typical exaple of Lizards, with rounded torsos, elevated heads on short necks, four limbs and long tails. Lizards and snakes share a movable quadrate bone, distinguishing them from the rhynchocephalians, which have more rigid diapsid skulls. As in other reptiles, the skin of lizards is covered in overlapping scales made of keratin. This provides protection from the environment and reduces water loss through evaporation. This adaptation enables lizards to thrive in some of the driest deserts on earth. The skin is tough and leathery, and is shed (sloughed) as the animal grows. Unlike snakes which shed the skin in a single piece, lizards slough their skin in several pieces.
