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Its new world location means it can't be a varanid, and its small size and active lifestyle means it's not a member of the Gila monster or Mexican beaded lizard group either. So what group of lizards does the yellow-spotted lizard belong to? Well, here are two clades of venomous lizards in real life, not counting snakes-- the monitor lizards and the beaded lizards. Both of these belong to the order Anguimorpha, but they actually aren't very closely related. The beaded lizards are part of a clade-- the Neoanguimorpha-- that is also considered to include the alligator lizards and glass lizards. Since these lizards share a common ancestry with the beaded lizards, and more distantly with the monitor lizards, it's likely that they were ancestrally venomous.
What does this have to do with the fictional yellow-spotted lizard? Everything. In real life, the matter of whether the common ancestor of anguimorph lizards was venomous is conjectural. But the yellow-spotted lizard, with its venomous bite, New World distribution, and fairly unspecialized body plan, fits nicely into this idea. In other words, the yellow-spotted lizard is a basal neoanguimorph.
What does this have to do with the fictional yellow-spotted lizard? Everything. In real life, the matter of whether the common ancestor of anguimorph lizards was venomous is conjectural. But the yellow-spotted lizard, with its venomous bite, New World distribution, and fairly unspecialized body plan, fits nicely into this idea. In other words, the yellow-spotted lizard is a basal neoanguimorph.
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Its new world location means it can't be a varanid, and its small size and active lifestyle means it's not a member of the Gila monster or Mexican beaded lizard group either. So what group of lizards does the yellow-spotted lizard belong to? Well, here there are two clades of venomous lizards in real life, not counting snakes-- the monitor lizards and the beaded lizards. Both of these belong to the order Anguimorpha, but they actually aren't very closely related. The beaded lizards are part of a clade-- the Neoanguimorpha-- that is also considered to include the alligator lizards and glass lizards. Since these lizards share a common ancestry with the beaded lizards, and more distantly with the monitor lizards, it's likely that they were ancestrally venomous.
What does this have to do with the fictional yellow-spotted lizard? Everything. In real life, the matter of whether the common ancestor of anguimorph lizards was venomous is conjectural. But the yellow-spotted lizard, with its venomous bite, New World distribution, and fairly unspecialized body plan, fits nicely into this idea. In other words, the yellow-spotted lizard is a basalneoanguimorph.anguimorph.
What does this have to do with the fictional yellow-spotted lizard? Everything. In real life, the matter of whether the common ancestor of anguimorph lizards was venomous is conjectural. But the yellow-spotted lizard, with its venomous bite, New World distribution, and fairly unspecialized body plan, fits nicely into this idea. In other words, the yellow-spotted lizard is a basal
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-It has long hind legs for leaping at its prey, mostly insects and small vertebrates.
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- It has long hind legs for leaping at its prey, mostly insects and small
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* Her ability to bring curses on those who cross her.
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[[WMG: What kind of lizard are yellow-spotted lizards?]]
The book describes the lizard thusly:
- It is small (about six to ten inches) and possesses an extremely toxic venom with no known antidote.
-It has long hind legs for leaping at its prey, mostly insects and small vertebrates.
- It feeds partly on blood, biting their victims and drinking the blood that flows out in the manner of a vampire bat or oxpecker.
Its new world location means it can't be a varanid, and its small size and active lifestyle means it's not a member of the Gila monster or Mexican beaded lizard group either. So what group of lizards does the yellow-spotted lizard belong to? Well, here are two clades of venomous lizards in real life, not counting snakes-- the monitor lizards and the beaded lizards. Both of these belong to the order Anguimorpha, but they actually aren't very closely related. The beaded lizards are part of a clade-- the Neoanguimorpha-- that is also considered to include the alligator lizards and glass lizards. Since these lizards share a common ancestry with the beaded lizards, and more distantly with the monitor lizards, it's likely that they were ancestrally venomous.
What does this have to do with the fictional yellow-spotted lizard? Everything. In real life, the matter of whether the common ancestor of anguimorph lizards was venomous is conjectural. But the yellow-spotted lizard, with its venomous bite, New World distribution, and fairly unspecialized body plan, fits nicely into this idea. In other words, the yellow-spotted lizard is a basal neoanguimorph.
[[WMG: What kind of lizard are yellow-spotted lizards?]]
The book describes the lizard thusly:
- It is small (about six to ten inches) and possesses an extremely toxic venom with no known antidote.
-It has long hind legs for leaping at its prey, mostly insects and small vertebrates.
- It feeds partly on blood, biting their victims and drinking the blood that flows out in the manner of a vampire bat or oxpecker.
Its new world location means it can't be a varanid, and its small size and active lifestyle means it's not a member of the Gila monster or Mexican beaded lizard group either. So what group of lizards does the yellow-spotted lizard belong to? Well, here are two clades of venomous lizards in real life, not counting snakes-- the monitor lizards and the beaded lizards. Both of these belong to the order Anguimorpha, but they actually aren't very closely related. The beaded lizards are part of a clade-- the Neoanguimorpha-- that is also considered to include the alligator lizards and glass lizards. Since these lizards share a common ancestry with the beaded lizards, and more distantly with the monitor lizards, it's likely that they were ancestrally venomous.
What does this have to do with the fictional yellow-spotted lizard? Everything. In real life, the matter of whether the common ancestor of anguimorph lizards was venomous is conjectural. But the yellow-spotted lizard, with its venomous bite, New World distribution, and fairly unspecialized body plan, fits nicely into this idea. In other words, the yellow-spotted lizard is a basal neoanguimorph.
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[[WMG: Madame Zeroni is a spirit]]
Madame Zeroni isn't just some witch doctor, but an actual paranormal being. Here is the evidence:
* Her ancestry (Egyptian) is weirdly out of place for 19th century Latvia.
* Her infirm and bizarre appearance.
* Her ability to bring curses on those who cross her.
Madame Zeroni isn't just some witch doctor, but an actual paranormal being. Here is the evidence:
* Her ancestry (Egyptian) is weirdly out of place for 19th century Latvia.
* Her infirm and bizarre appearance.
* Her ability to bring curses on those who cross her.
