The extraordinary lives of lizards remain largely hidden from human eyes. Lizards feed,
mate, lay eggs or give live birth, and carefully manage their temperatures. They struggle to …

Amphisbaenians are highly specialized limbless burrowing lizards of controversial
relationships. Among fossil lizards, the Eocene (47 Ma) Cryptolacerta is allegedly closest to …

The earliest world record of the green lizards, Lacerta viridis group, is described from the
lower Miocene of Central Europe. The fossils come from greenish, calcareous marls and …

The four species of Algyroides Bibron & Bory, 1833 form part of the relatively plesiomorphic
Palaearctic clade of lacertids comprising Lacerta and its allies. An estimate of phylogeny …

Necrosaurus cayluxi is an enigmatic lizard from the Paleogene of the Phosphorites of
Quercy, France that was first mentioned in the 19th century. Although it is generally believed …

A general procedure is described for examining when results of molecular phylogenetic
analyses warrant formal revision of taxonomies constructed using morphological characters …

Animals enclosed in amber often provide a unique insight into their surface structure. Such
fossils of reptiles are rare and usually not extremely ancient, the earliest being no more than …

Remains of a varanid lizard from the middle Pleistocene of the Tourkobounia 5 locality near
Athens, Greece are described. The new material comprises cranial elements only (one …

The fossil record of squamates in New Zealand is scant, and this chapter represents the first
systematic review of the available information for this reptile group in New Zealand. The …

ABSTRACT A diverse fauna of lizards has been recovered from the Cedar Mountain
Formation (Albian–Cenomanian boundary) of central Utah. These lizards are a component …