In a woodland of southern Africa, a clawed creature with “large” black eyes tucked itself under a rock and waited. Something ...

The lizard clearly belonged to a “poorly studied ... The new species was identified by its scale pattern, pores, body size, coloring and other subtle physical features, the study said.

As darkness settled across a field in central Cambodia, a “slender” creature with striped lips emerged from its hiding spot and moved along the ground. Something about the “leaf-toed” animal caught ...

During the visits, researchers found some lizards that looked vaguely similar ... The new species was identified by its size, scale pattern, spikes, coloring and other subtle physical features ...