What is the largest living lizard in the world?

世界上最大的活体蜥蜴？

Unlike European lizards which are mostly small, green, and fast-moving, sleepy lizards are brown.

欧洲的蜥蜴大多体型较小，呈绿色，行动迅速，而睡蜥则棕色的。

So where did these large lizards come from?

这些最大的蜥蜴来自何方那？

But legless lizards have fleshy tongues because they evolved from different lizard ancestors.

但无腿蜥蜴有肉质的舌头，因为它们同的蜥蜴祖先进化而来的。

Legless lizards have eyelids and ears while true snakes have neither.

有腿的蜥蜴有眼睑和耳朵，而真正的蛇两者有。

And the survivors also carried variations in their DNA that more closely matched northern lizards.

而且，幸存下来的南方蜥蜴还携带着变异DNA，这种DNA与北方蜥蜴的基因更为匹配。

Some believed that snakes evolved on land, and that their ancestors were small, burrowing lizards.

一些科学家认为蛇陆地上进化而来，它们的祖先小的，穴居的蜥蜴。

This is a lizard that lives life in the fast lane.

这一只生活在快节奏中的蜥蜴。

A fan-throated lizard catches some sun on a wind farm in India.

一只扇喉蜥蜴在印度的风电场里晒太阳。

The Megalania Prisca is the largest land-dwelling lizard ever discovered.

古巨蜥目前为止被发现的最大的陆生蜥蜴。

English naturalist Charles Darwin called Marine Iguanas " disgusting, clumsy lizards."

英国自然学家查尔斯·达尔文称海蜥蜴为“恶心的、笨拙的蜥蜴。”

They're the only iguanas that can swim and forage underwater!

它们唯一能游泳并在水下觅食的蜥蜴！

Like little lizards that I found that were dead in my backyard.

就像我在后院发现的小蜥蜴一样。

They set up a net to catch any lizards that lost their grip.

他们铺设了一张网，用来接住抓住栖木的蜥蜴。

The two biggest lizard in the island meet up at dinner time on the beach.

岛上最大的两只蜥蜴在晚餐时间在海滩上相遇。

Fossils from this species have been found on every continent, including Antarctica.

这种蜥蜴的化石在每个大陆有发现，包括南极洲。

Hells, yeah. Oh, man. I love lizards. - Over here! Me! Me!

当然了，天啊。我超爱蜥蜴的。-这边！我！我！

Researchers studied a lizard called the crested anole.

研究人员研究了一种叫做冠变色龙的蜥蜴。

The lizard's official name is Anolis cristatellus.

这种蜥蜴的正式名称Anolis cristatellus。

And he knew he couldn't convince live predators to try to capture fake lizard models.

他知道他能说服捕食者去捕食假的蜥蜴模型。