Smaug Lizard Group Gets New Species (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Smaug Lizard Group Gets New Species

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Smaug swazicus, a girdled lizard whose range lies mostly in the country of Eswatini, is the ninth species to join a genus named for the fearsome dragon in 'The Hobbit.'

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Edward Stanley

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