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FRANCE. YVELINES (78) PALACE OF VERSAILLES, LATONA'S FOUNTAIN. INSPIRED BY OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, LATONA'S FOUNTAIN ILLUSTRATES THE LEGEND OF THE MOTHER OF APOLLO AND DIANA PROTECTING HER CHILDREN FROM THE INSULTS OF THE LYCIAN PEASANTS AND ASKING JUPITER TO AVENGE HER. HE DID SO BY TURNING THEM INTO FROGS AND LIZARDS. Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thailand: Two Monitor Lizards Hug in Bangkok

On September 4, 2025, a video captured two long-tailed monitor lizards standing on their hind legs and hugging on a Bangkok roadside, amusing passersby and viewers online.

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U.S.-LOS ANGELES-PET FAIR

(240630) -- LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A visitor holds lizards at the LA pet fair in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, the United States, on June 29, 2024. The pet fair is held from June 29 to 30 this year. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CANADA-DELTA-VANCOUVER REPTILE EXPO

(240414) -- DELTA, April 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child looks at pet lizards during the 2024 Vancouver Reptile Expo in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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Japanese smuggler of turtles, lizards arrested

NARITA, Japan - Photos show a turtle and a lizard protected by the Washington Treaty which a Japanese man attempted to smuggle into Japan. Hiroto Fujita was arrested for trying to smuggle 23 turtles and four lizards into Japan when he arrived at Narita airport from Bangkok in December.

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-REPTILE FAIR

(221112) -- BAGHDAD, Nov. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Reptile lovers display lizards at a reptile fair in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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SINGAPORE-BOTANIC GARDENS-LIZARDS

(220207) -- SINGAPORE, Feb. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two monitor lizards wrestle at Singapore Botanic Gardens on Feb. 7, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-BOTANIC GARDENS-LIZARDS

(220207) -- SINGAPORE, Feb. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two monitor lizards wrestle at Singapore Botanic Gardens on Feb. 7, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-BOTANIC GARDENS-LIZARDS

(220207) -- SINGAPORE, Feb. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two monitor lizards wrestle at Singapore Botanic Gardens on Feb. 7, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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SINGAPORE-BOTANIC GARDENS-LIZARDS

(220207) -- SINGAPORE, Feb. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two monitor lizards wrestle at Singapore Botanic Gardens on Feb. 7, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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Japanese smuggler of turtles, lizards arrested

NARITA, Japan - Photos show a turtle and a lizard protected by the Washington Treaty which a Japanese man attempted to smuggle into Japan. Hiroto Fujita was arrested for trying to smuggle 23 turtles and four lizards into Japan when he arrived at Narita airport from Bangkok in December.

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Rare Australian lizard smuggled to Japan

Photo taken at a Tokyo police station on Nov. 26, 2019, shows one of two perentie lizards, a rare species native to Australia listed on the Washington Convention, smuggled into Japan. Six men were referred to prosecutors related to the smuggling case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Large snakes confiscated from man's house in Tokyo

Photo taken Sept. 9, 2016, at a police station in Tokyo shows a 3.5-meter-long Burmese python after it was confiscated from a 21-year-old man's apartment. The man, a pet shop employee, was found to have kept dozens of snakes and lizards, including the python and five other large snakes designated as potentially harmful animals by the authorities. The police referred the man's case to prosecutors as he had not obtained the authorities' approval for keeping the large snakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo