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Lizards

C. H. Diong

Worldwide, some 3,500 lizard species in more than 300 genera are recognized today. Malaysia has 143 lizard species: 94 in Peninsular Malaysia and 82 in Sabah and Sarawak, divided into 9 families, of which skinks (Scincidae), geckos (Gekkonidae) and agamid lizards (Agamidae) are the most diverse and well represented.

  • Information in the full article includes
  • Geckos
  • Skinks
  • Agamid lizards
  • Monitor lizards
Gecko

Geckos use their long tongue to clean their eyes, which are covered by a transparent spectackle; they have no eyelids.