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Photo Credit: Wikipedia. Geckos are a unique variety of lizard known for their more than 2,000 species that can be found worldwide. While geckos thrive in warm and tropical habitats and have for approximately fifty million years, these diverse lizards are also often kept as pets.
Lizards are in the class called Reptilia (reptiles) and in the order Squamata - which also includes snakes. There are over 3,000 lizard species throughout the world and they are found all over the world except for polar regions. Most lizards live in trees or on the ground; only a few live in the water. Lizards are small cold-blooded reptiles that have a long tail, eyelids, and usually have four legs with five toes on each foot (a group of lizards called amphisbaenas have no legs).