Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes, encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The grouping is paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon.
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions.
The desert plated lizard is a reptile species endemic to the northern Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola. Also known as the sand plated lizard, it is diurnal.
Gerrhosaurus is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa.
The Sudan plated lizard, also known as the western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley's rough-scaled plated lizard, is a medium-sized, diurnal African lizard.
Panaque nigrolineatus, the royal panaque, royal plec, or royal pleco, is an herbivorous freshwater armored catfish native to Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela where it occurs in the Orinoco and Amazon basins. It is known for being one of the few fish that digest wood. It grows to a length of 43.0 centimetres (16.9 in) and is a popular aquarium fish.
The yellow-throated plated lizard or plated lizard is a species of lizard, which is about 45½ cm in total length and lives in the grassland and scrub of Sudan, Ethiopia and along Eastern Africa down to South Africa.
The Namaqua plated lizard or Karoo plated lizard is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family. It is endemic to South Africa.
Meiacanthus nigrolineatus, the blackline fangblenny, is a blenny from the Western Indian Ocean. This species grows to a length of 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in) TL. This venomous species occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade.
Copelatus nigrolineatus is a species of diving beetle. It is part of the genus Copelatus in the subfamily Copelatinae of the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Sharp in 1882.
Lavushi Manda National Park is a national park in the Muchinga Province of Zambia with an area of 1,500 sq km. It is the 11th largest of the 20 National Parks in Zambia. The park was initially gazetted as a Game Reserve in 1941, and was declared a National Park in 1972. It is located in a district of the same name (Lavushimanda), with the South Luangwa National Park in the neighbouring Mpika District. It is adjacent to Bangweulu Game Management Area to the northwest, Kafinda Game Management Area lies further west. The chiefdom of Chiundaponde is in the northwest, north lies Luchembe, northwest Chikwanda, east Mpumba, and south lies Muchinka chiefdom. It covers a small range of mountains and hills, and is principally covered in miombo woodlands, with a number of rivers and streams, and a few areas of grassland, both on drier land or in the form of seasonally wet dambos. There are few large mammals, due to poaching in the previous century, but fishing and hiking are possible. Certain antelope species retreat upland to the park from the Bangweulu swamps to the northwest during the rainy season.
Hygrotus nigrolineatus is a species of Dytiscidae native to Europe.
Sphenomorphus nigrolineatus is a species of skink found in Papua New Guinea.
Anolis nigrolineatus is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Ecuador.
The Kalahari plated lizard is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa.
Laurent's plated lizard is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
The keeled plated lizard is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia, and Botswana.
