The tongue is generally mobile and protrusible. In the green iguana, the tip is darker than the rest and could be mistaken for a lesion. Lizards such as monitors and tegus have deeply forked tongues and chameleons have a projectile tongue for gathering food.
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The tongue is generally mobile and protrusible. In the [[Green Iguana|green iguana]], the tip is darker than the rest and could be mistaken for a lesion. Lizards such as [[Monitor|monitors]] and [[Black Tegu|tegus]] have deeply forked tongues and [[Chameleon|chameleons]] have a projectile tongue for gathering food.