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.

On an island of southeastern Indonesia, scientists dug a hole in the forest and installed a wildlife trap. A while later, ...

A few of these lizards were kept as specimens ... The new species was identified by its body shape, size, scale pattern and coloring, the study said. Researchers did not provide a DNA analysis ...