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"On sunny slab of the ruin the furtive and fugitive lizard,"
"And many an emerald lizard with quick ears Asleep in rocky dales;"

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes, encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The grouping is paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other lizards. Living lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-met
"On sunny slab of the ruin the furtive and fugitive lizard,"
"Just as a house lizard runs about on the surface of a pitcher lying in open space, so do the human beings move about comfortably all around the Earth."
"Under her old pink gateways, where Time a moment turns, Where hang the orange lanterns and the red hibiscus burns, Live the harmless merry lizards, quicksilver in the sun, Or still as any image with their shadow on a stone."
"Ανίκα δὴ καὶ σαῦρος ἐφ’ αἱμασιᾶισι καθεύδει."
"The lizard with his shadow on the stone Sleeps like a shadow,"
"And the green lizard, and the golden snake, Like unimprisoned flames, out of their trance awake."