Australia’s grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie finger when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction.

The earless monitor lizard is one of the rarest reptile species known. These strange animals are ... [+] semi-aquatic and only found on the island of Borneo. The earless monitor dates back to the ...

Suspecting they had just uncovered the Victorian grassland earless dragon ... the landholders' request — but also to safeguard the lizards. "There's a lot of interest in this lizard, not ...

The lizard's natural habitat is the volcanic grasslands ... risk to inadvertently losing the Victorian or Bathurst grassland earless dragon'. It also said they had evolved in grassland habitats ...

The Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla), not seen since 1969, has been found in grasslands west of Melbourne. No need to fear this dragon, though; these lizards are just ...