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Definition of Water lizard

Water lizard
Water lizard Wa"ter liz"ard (Zo["o]l.) Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

Meaning of Water lizard from wikipedia

- The Asian water monitor (Var**** salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is widely considered to be the second-largest...
- Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Var****, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one...
- Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as big as water buffalo...
- are commonly known as the Jesus Christ lizard, or simply the Jesus lizard, due to their ability to run across water for significant distances before sinking...
- a genus of lizards, also commonly called caiman lizards or water tegus, in the family Teiidae, along with tegus and ameivas. Caiman lizards are native...
- Jesus Christ lizard, Jesus lizard, South American Jesus lizard, or lagarto de Jesus Cristo for its ability to run on the surface of water. The common basilisk...
- Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii) and Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) can also exceed this length. The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus...
- subspecies howitii was described by Frederick McCoy in 1884 as "the Gippsland water lizard". According to his description, it differs from the Queensland subspecies...
- arid or semiarid areas. The spines on the lizard's back and sides are modified reptile scales, which prevent water loss through the skin, whereas the horns...
- give up his evil ways and serve as an attendant to the bodhisattva. The Water Lizard Dragon (鼉龍), is a yaoguai armed with a Bamboo-Linked Bronze Club and...