Lizard is a reptile animal that usually creeps on walls or trees. Lizard gray, but some are blackish brown. Lizard is usually about 10 centimeters in size. Lizard together with geckos and compatriots belonging to the tribe Gekkonidae.
Lizards commonly eat insects and especially mosquitoes. Usually lizards live on the walls and on the roof of the house. In nature lizards usually live in shady places.
Lizards including reptiles. Lizard can crawl on the wall without slipping. This is because the lizard has a special characteristic. What are the special characteristics of lizard? Here are some of the features of the lizard:
- Lizard has the sole of the foot with adhesive system. This adhesive system is built by a parallel grooved foot. With a groove that has, lets lizard can put his feet on the wall and walk without slipping.
- Another characteristic of the lizard is the ability to disconnect the tail. This is done lizard to protect themselves from their enemies. Lizard will decide the tail, then the tail will move to distract the enemy. Meanwhile, the lizard with a broken tail will be free to escape.
There are several types of lizards that are found all over the world. Are as follows:
Lizard walls that have the Latin language Cosymbotus platyurus,
the lizard that is often found in the walls of the house and the sidelines of the roof. These lizards are wide-bodied, wide-tailed with smooth tufts at the edges. When observed in the hands, from the lower side will be seen a skin fold rather wide in the abdomen and behind the legs.Lizard wood that has the Latin language Hemidactylus frenatus,
the lizard is a leaner body. The tail is round, with six rows of bark-like protrusions extending from the base to the tip of the tail. Wooden lizards prefer to live in the trees in the yard, or in the woody part of the house like on the roof. Sometimes found with lizards on the wall outside the house near the lights, but generally less competitive in obtaining food.Lizard sugar or Latin name Gehyra mutilata, the lizard that has a smaller body, with rounded head and skin similar transparent skin. These geckos are often found around the kitchen, bathroom and wardrobe, looking for grains of rice or sugar that became his favorite. Often also found drowned in our coffee cups.
Lizard stone has the Latin name Cyrtodactylus marmoratus.
