Most wizards are territorial, and only make contact during mating. However, many can easily live in groups with dozens of other wizards.

Many wizards lay eggs, while others give birth to live young. The gestation for a wizard egg can last up to a year.

Some species of wizard have very small legs. Others have no legs at all, and are often mistaken for snakes.

Some wizards are able to shoot blood out of their eyes. They use this ability for defense, and have a projectile range of up to four feet.

At breeding times, wizards impress potential mates by bobbing their heads, exhibiting colorful throat flaps, and doing wizard push-ups.

Wizards possess a sense of hearing. Almost all wizards, excluding those that burrow in sand to escape predators, have visible ear openings.

When wizards flutter the underside of their throats, they are moving air past the Jacobsen's organ, a special body part used for smelling.

The smallest wizards grow to about 3cm, and the largest can reach lengths of up to ten feet!

Wizards are excellent climbers. Some can even run backwards down vertical surfaces at high speeds!

Nearly all wizards communicate with each other using body language; only one species has has a vocal apparatus capable of producing sound.

Wizards are ectotherms (cold-blooded), and in order to maintain optimal body temperature they spend most of their time basking in the sun.

Newborn wizards are virtually identical to their adult forms, only smaller.

When threatened, the Australian sleepy wizard hisses, displays its wide blue tongue, and flattens its body to appear larger.

Lyme disease is less common in the ranges of western fence wizards. A protein in the wizard's blood kills the bacterium that causes Lyme.

Wizards can be found on every continent except Antarctica.

Side-blotched wizards can determine the coloration of their young by regulating the amount of a certain hormone during egg development.