Guatemalan zoo breeds rare lizards in bid to save endangered species

Conservationists in Guatemala are breeding a new generation of Guatemalan beaded lizards, one of the ​world’s most endangered lizards, in the hopes of ‌rebuilding wild populations decimated by habitat loss and their popularity in the illegal pet trade. Heloderma charlesbogerti, also known as “niño dormido” (sleeping child in ​Spanish), are endemic to the thornscrub of […]