Wednesday, December 12, 2012

7 Types of Lizards unique in the World

7 Types of Lizards unique in the WorldLizards are reptiles species are often found in areas with extreme temperatures, cold-blooded animals have a remarkable degree of adaptation to the extreme circumstances surrounding tough. This also comes with carnivores uniqueness uniqueness of the method in the hunt, survive the enemy threat, and in order to survive with the existing resources.



Here are 7 species among them the most unique, exotic and terrible


1. Phrynocephalus

10. Phrynocephalus
Also called Toadhead Religion, small lizards that live in the desert is showing some strange behavior. They communicate with each other by mneurunkan and raising their tails, their bodies shook as quickly bury themselves in the sand and will scare off predators with a strange and frightening-looking, colorful mouth, seen here.




2. Brookesia minima

Brookesia minima
Chameleons are unique reptiles, with their toes fused into such a brace lobster, tails they can hold, they express their moods by changing color, binoculars as their eyes move independently of each other and their long tongues to be launched in the insects such as the harpoon gun. Its Not the usual type of chameleon, was Brookesia minima, dwarf leaf chameleon, which is one of the smallest reptiles ever invented by man.




3. Phrynosoma 

3. Phrynosoma Lizard is nicknamed "horned frog", body fat encompass a thick protective horns and thorns. Inhabit dry land, sandy environments, they eat ants and awesome boast one of the most terrible mechanism perthanan nature, when frightened, some species can drain the blood pressure in their heads to the small vessels around their eyes burst, spraying blood flow to the attacker.

similar possibilities acidic blood is taken from the acid in ants, allowing mammalian predators know that attacks the fat lizard is just wasting their time. Unfortunately however, the birds are not too concerned with this sour spray


4. Moloch horridus

Moloch horridus
Although it is not at all related to the horned toad or lizard "thorny devil", "moloch" has developed many of the same characteristics in response to the desert environment, including the bodies thorny, sandy camouflage and diet by eating ants. Their spines make it a little difficult lizards to be swallowed by the predator





5. Hydrosaurus pustulatus

Hydrosaurus pustulatus
Seeing as it crawled straight from the Permian era, Philippine sailfin lizard is omnivorous eaters amphibious fruits, nuts and other small insect prey in a tropical river. Toes they leveled allow small specimens to escape predators by walking on the water, a trait shared with lizards "Basilisk" or lizard "Jesus." Adult male, known to have a beautiful blue, red or even color pattern purple, which you can see.




6. Amblyrhynchus cristatus

6. Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Galapagos marine iguana boasts a lifestyle that is not owned by other reptiles, such as penguins or sea lions, they spent all their lives in the line of the beach, dive into the water for their food. Charles Darwin is known disgusted by these animals when he first found it, and these lizards called by the nickname "" IMPS of darkness. "





7.Varanus komodoensis 

7.Varanus komodoensis

Komodo is the largest carnivorous lizard that is still alive today, sometimes reaching nearly ten feet in length. Although many of their carcasses rotting food, they will also pursue large prey such as deer live to give you a bite, after that they just have to wait when the victim began to lose blood and exposed infeksi.Berkat eating carrion, their saliva is quite rich with bacteria could seriously weaken prey, and recent studies suggest that they also have a poison.

Additionally, Indonesia's indigenous dragons can loosen their jaws, stretch their necks and pulled lubricating mucus merahuntuk swallow intact corpse

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