About 50 results for ‘Lizard’
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Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with more than 5600 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains. The group, traditionally recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, is defined as all extant members of the Lepidosauria (reptiles with overlapping scales), which are neither sphenodonts nor snakes – they form an evolutionary grade. While the snakes are recognized as falling phylogenetically within the Toxicofera clade from which they evolved, the Sphenodonts are the sister group to the Squamates, the larger monophyletic group, which includes both the lizards and the snakes. Lizards typically have feet and external ears, while snakes lack both of these characteristics. However, because they are defined negatively as excluding snakes, lizards have no unique distinguishing characteristic as a group. Lizards and snakes share a movable quadrate bone, distinguishing them from the sphenodonts, which have a more primitive and solid diapsid skull. Many lizards can detach their tails to escape from predators, an act called autotomy, but this ability is not shared by all lizards. Vision, including color vision, is particularly well developed in most lizards, and most communicate with body language or bright colors on their bodies as well as with pheromones. The adult length of species within the suborder ranges from a few cm for chameleons like Brookesia micra and geckos like Sphaerodactylus ariasae to nearly 3 m (9.8 ft) in the case of the largest living varanid lizard, the Komodo Dragon. Some extinct varanids reached great size. The extinct aquatic mosasaurs reached 17 m (56 ft), and the giant monitor Megalania is estimated to have reached perhaps 7 m (23 ft).
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La Creation du Monde (titre inscrit, français, allemand, ...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dolphin
- Elephant
- Eve
- Garden of Eden
- Giraffe
- God the Father
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Goldsmith
- Middle Ages
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- Designation:
- crosseron | crosse de l'Annonciation
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- Date:
- 13th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pieter Boel
TROIS LEZARDS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lizard
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Paul Gauguin
VAIRUMATI
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PORTRAIT D'HOMME ; DIT AUTREFOIS PORTRAIT DE GIULIO MELLI...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bonnet (headgear)
- Château
- Duck
- Hill
- Littoral zone
- Lizard
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- Date:
- 15th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Oedipe et le Sphinx
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Etude de lézard
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lizard
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Etude de lézard
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lizard
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Lézard et coquillages
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bivalvia
- Lizard
- Still life
- Table (furniture)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- coupe
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Fuite en Egypte
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Animal
- Arecaceae
- Child Jesus
- Flight into Egypt
- Joseph (son of Jacob)
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- Date:
- 15th century
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- Field(s):
- Furniture
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- Designation:
- lampe, d'applique, paire | bras à deux lumières
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- Date:
- 18th century
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FLEURS, LEZARDS ET PAPILLONS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lepidoptera
- Lizard
- Mushroom
- Snake
- Thistle
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- Date:
- 17th century
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CHARDON, LEZARDS ET PAPILLONS AVEC UN TRONC D'ARBRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Lepidoptera
- Lizard
- Snake
- Thistle
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- plaque décorative | décor religieux ; décor imitation Palissy
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aureola
- Child Jesus
- Holy Spirit
- John the Baptist
- Lizard
- Madonna (art)
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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