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They have scales and eyelids that move.

Lizards are reptiles with scales and eyelids that move. Snakes do not have eyelids. Kangaroo Island has five native groups of lizards: Goannas (Varanidae), Dragon Lizards (Agamidae), Skinks (Scincidae), Geckos (Gekkonidaae) and Flap-footed Lizards (Pygopodidae). At various times other mainland lizards have been introduced by people. Few of these introduced lizards have survived in the wild.

LINKS: Schwanner, TD, South Australian Museum-Herpetology Dept., Goanna by Green & King

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