Apparently most lizards can! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a swimming lizard, but I have seen some swimming snakes.
I don’t think lizards would spend a lot of time in the water as they are cold-blooded. This means that they can’t make heat inside their bodies like we can, so they have to get heat from the sun. If they got too cold then they wouldn’t be able to function properly.
My immediate response was “of course – crocodiles” but crocodiles are *reptiles* and that is, for some reason, slightly different from a lizard. Something to do with the scales. So I started thinking about lizards and couldn’t think of any. If snakes are lizards, then there are certainly some that swim, yes. Looks bizarre, but they do it.
Then I remembered seeing on a nature program something about iguanas living at the coast. I’m pretty sure they can swim in the sea and hunt stuff. So I’d say yes, they can, but most don’t.
Apparently most lizards can! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a swimming lizard, but I have seen some swimming snakes.
I don’t think lizards would spend a lot of time in the water as they are cold-blooded. This means that they can’t make heat inside their bodies like we can, so they have to get heat from the sun. If they got too cold then they wouldn’t be able to function properly.
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My immediate response was “of course – crocodiles” but crocodiles are *reptiles* and that is, for some reason, slightly different from a lizard. Something to do with the scales. So I started thinking about lizards and couldn’t think of any. If snakes are lizards, then there are certainly some that swim, yes. Looks bizarre, but they do it.
Then I remembered seeing on a nature program something about iguanas living at the coast. I’m pretty sure they can swim in the sea and hunt stuff. So I’d say yes, they can, but most don’t.
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I am not a biologist, but yes, some lizards can swim. Don’t ask me which ones!
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