Scientific name: suborder: lacertilia
A skink is a small, sleek lizard that looks like a tiny, fast-moving snake with four little legs. They are famous for being able to drop their tails to trick predators, allowing the lizard to dash away while the tail stays behind and keeps wriggling!
Tis forTexas horned lizard
Scientific name: Phrynosoma cornutum
The Texas horned lizard is a type of small lizard found in Texas and nearby areas. It is also called a horny lizard because it has rough, pointy scales.
It lives in desert areas. Its strong, spiky body helps protect it, and it eats insects.
Tis forThorny devil
Scientific name: moloch horridus
Scientific name: order: testudines
A tortoise is a name given to a land-dwelling turtle.
Some kinds of tortoise grow very big, and can live for a very long time - well over 100 years.
Scientific name: order: testudines
Turtles can be found in the sea, in lakes and in rivers. Turtles that live on land are called tortoises. Tortoises usually eat plants, and turtles eat either plants or fish and other water creatures.
Some kinds of turtle can grow up to two metres long, although most are smaller. Turtles have a hard shell covering their body, and they can hide their head and legs inside it. They can live for over 100 years. The ancestors of turtles and tortoises have been around since before the dinosaurs. Some kinds of small turtles can be kept as pets.
