Lizards live in almost any habitat and can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. There are more than 4,000 lizard species around the world ranging from geckos to iguanas and blue-tongued lizards.
Papua New Guinea is home to the World’s Longest Lizard, the varanus salvadorii, commonly referred to as the crocodile monitor which can grow as long as 3.6 meters. Commonly mistaken as the largest lizard is the Komodo dragon, which is actually the world’s heaviest lizard and only grows to 2.6 meters.
