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Smaug is in peril. But it’s not Smaug the wicked dragon in Tolkien’s The Hobbit that’s under siege. Calamity has instead beset Smaug giganteus, a spiky lizard that looks exactly like a ...

South Africa’s rare and enigmatic sungazer lizards (Smaug giganteus) are named after Smaug, the fiery dragon of Middle-Earth in JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

A taxonomic revision of the south-eastern dragon lizards of the Smaug warreni (Boulenger) species complex in southern Africa, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Cordylidae). PeerJ ...

Native to South Africa, this lizard sports armor-like scales, a long pair of occipital spines, and large keeled caudal spines. The “sungazer” name alludes to its characteristic sunbathing ...

The most important legal decision for lizards in 200,000,000 years has been handed down by a South African court. In Johannesburg Isaac Alter, owner of a curio shop, was haled before a court ...

Cape Town - It’s South Africa’s own little dragon, named after Smaug, the great dragon of Middle-Earth. And like Smaug in JRR Tolkein’s novel The Hobbit, the days of our own dragon are ...