World Lizard Day

World Lizard Day, held every year on August 14th, encourages to enjoy the interesting diversity of lizards and the importance they hold in ecological systems. Be it bright geckos or ghostly desert creatures, some lizards are so rare that they seem almost like mythical.

The image shows a Indian Flying Lizard. These Lizards are known for their ability to glide between trees using specialised membranes called patagia.

Giri’s brookiish gecko and the Amboli brookiish gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India. It was discovered by herpetologist Varad Giri in the Indian village of Amboli, and was named in his honour.

Fan-throated lizards, belonging to the agamid genus Sitana, are known for their distinctive “dewlap” or throat fan, which they display during courtship and territorial displays, and are found in South Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the southern United States as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized. Wikipedia

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