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Published online 3 December 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011206-3
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The littlest lizard
World's smallest reptile is discovered in the Caribbean forest.
At just 16 mm from nose to tail, the Jaragua lizard is the world's smallest. In fact, it's the smallest vertebrate that can reproduce on dry land1.
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