Learn more about Bolg amondol, the large prehistoric lizard named after a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

The “elusive” species was only known from four specimens recorded in the Kimberley region between 1979 and 1984, researchers ...

Photo by Stephen Mahony. There had not been a confirmed sighting of Ctenophorus aurita, an elusive lizard named the “hidden dragon,” in decades. Before 2011, only four had ever been seen.