How much is a lizard? Are lizards poisonous?

Lizards, also known as "four-legged snakes", are widely distributed all over the world and are cold-blooded animals. Now many people keep lizards as pets. So, how much is a lizard? Are lizards poisonous? Let's get to know it together.

How much is a lizard?

The market price of lizards is determined by the variety and market, such as lizard, lizard, butterfly lizard, skink lizard, green iguana seedling, mane lizard larva, adult lizard, green water dragon, frog eye, leopard print, plain monitor lizard, Nile monitor lizard and Nile monitor lizard. The seedling of water monitor lizard is 80-1500 yuan, and the seedling of sand monitor lizard is about 1000-2000 yuan. The rarer the variety is, the more expensive it is.

What kind of food do lizards eat?

Most species of lizards are carnivorous, feeding on insects, earthworms, snails and even mice, but some feed on cactus or seaweed or omnivorous. Geckos are active at night and feed on insects such as Lepidoptera. Larger lizards such as geckos can also eat birds and other lizards, monitor lizards can eat fish, frogs and even small mammals, and some lizards such as iguanas feed mainly on plant food. Since most species eat a lot of insects, the role of lizards in pest control should not be underestimated.

Third, is the lizard toxic?

Most lizards are innocuous, and many people think that lizards are poisonous animals, but in fact, it is wrong. Among the 6000 species of lizards in the world, only two species of poisonous lizards are known, which belong to the poisonous lizard family and are distributed in North and Central America. The poisonous lizard family includes two species of poisonous lizards in North America, namely, the blunt-tailed lizard from the southwestern United States to northwestern Mexico and the Guatemalan pearl lizard along the Pacific coast from Mexico to Guatemala. They are the only poisonous lizards in existence, and unlike venomous snakes, their fangs are not in the upper jaw but in the lower jaw.

Fourth, the color of lizards

There are many kinds of lizards, there are about 3000 kinds of lizards distributed on the earth, and the colors are different, and the lizards have a strong ability to change color, especially the evading species get the good name of "chameleon" for their good discoloration. For example, the whole body color of the chameleon tree lizard becomes lighter and its head and neck turn red when it is dry in the sun. When it turns to a wet place, the red gradually disappears, and the whole body color gradually darkens. The discoloration of lizards is a non-random change of physiological behavior, which is related to the intensity of light, the change of temperature, the excitement of the animal itself and the health status of the individual.

The above is the editor's introduction about lizards, do you know all about it?