User:Elodean Lizard

The Elodean Lizard:
The Elodean Lizard is a new species evolved from a lizard that has different and same characteristics. It is a very unique species because of these characteristics. The characteristics are listed below.

Characteristics:
 * Can camouflage
 * Lives in land and water
 * Lives mainly in rain forests but can adapt to many different environments
 * It is medium sized
 * It is a mammal
 * Has gills
 * Has fins
 * Has a frill

These are the characteristics of this species. Every characteristic will be explained so that you can understand what this species is like, such as how it lives.
 * Developed from a lizard

The Facts:
The Elodean Lizard lives on rain forests islands. It can adapt to other environments if needed. It finds most of its food here. It will move often to find its food and for certain seasons which is why it can adapt to many different environments. This is also why it camouflages, so that it will blend in with its terrain so that it can not be found easily or, when it is being attacked so that it can get away. When it is moving to a different environment it will travel through the ocean to get to the destination which is why this species has fins and gills.

The food it eats is the Elodea. The Elodea is a plant that is found underwater, usually in ponds, lakes, oceans, or rivers. This is also why the lizard has gills and fins. When the lizard is ready to feed, it goes into the nearest water source, which in the rain forest is an ocean or river, and searches for its food. It collects a weeks worth and goes back to its home. It will search for long periods of time until it can find its food. It will then feed on that food for a week and will go back in to find more Elodea after the supply is gone.

The lizard is medium sized. It is about the size of your hand. It is this size so that it has the ability to get away quick when being attacked. The lizard has  frills , which are used as a defense mechanism. They scare off the enemy as protection. The also use them when they feel threatened. When they open and someone or something is near then it will be a good possibility it will attack.

Evolution
The evolution happened because the lizards had nothing to eat, so they needed to find something that would help them survive. The only plant that the lizards could find was under the sea and it was called the Elodea Plant. These animals didn't really have the ability to swim so for the first few generations that had a lot of trouble getting their food supply, some of these animals died of this. Throughout the new generations the lizards adapted and had all the characteristics needed to feed on the elodea plant. These lizards later became known as the Elodean Lizards because of how they looked based on their feeding of the elodea plant.

Population
The elodean lizards is a very small species because it has only been an actual species for a couple of generations. In the food web it is at the very bottom because the only thing it can eat is plants and the bigger animals really like to feed on the smaller reptiles. This species is really preyed on by the huge animals in the sea that don't really like to go out of water or those who don't go down very deep into the sea.

Sources:
·http://extension.psu.edu/natural-resources/water/ponds/pond-management/aquatic-plants/elodea-common-waterweed ·http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Lizards/ ·http://www.dictionary.com/browse/frills