Editing Lizard (section)

=== Largest and smallest ===

The adult length of species within the [[Suborder (biology)|suborder]] ranges from a few centimeters for [[chameleon]]s such as ''[[Brookesia micra]]'' and [[gecko]]s such as ''[[Jaragua Sphaero|Sphaerodactylus ariasae]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Muir|first1=Hazel|title=Minute gecko matches smallest reptile record|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1635-minute-gecko-matches-smallest-reptile-record/|work=New Scientist|date=3 December 2001|access-date=12 July 2017|archive-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917030703/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1635-minute-gecko-matches-smallest-reptile-record/|url-status=live}}</ref> to nearly {{convert|3|m|0|abbr=on}} in the case of the largest living [[varanid]] lizard, the [[Komodo dragon]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The world's top 10 reptiles – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/may/05/the-worlds-top-10-reptiles-in-pictures|work=The Guardian|date=5 May 2016|access-date=12 July 2017|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502195839/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/may/05/the-worlds-top-10-reptiles-in-pictures|url-status=live}}</ref> Most lizards are fairly small animals.