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Which lizards can reproduce without sex?
1. Aspidoscelis tesselata is an all-female lizard species (Aspidoceras, chordates) from Mexico and the southwestern United States, which can breed excellent offspring without the help of male fertilization.

2. A popular food (lizard) in Vietnamese recipes is actually a new species that the scientific community did not know before. This newly discovered lizard named "Leiolepis ngovantrii" is an unusual reptile. According to the national geographic news website 165438+ 10, all members of this family are females, and they can reproduce the next generation by cloning without the participation of male lizards.

These two species are really parthenogenetic, and there is gene exchange in the process of reproduction.

3. Komodo Dragon

Komodo dragons can reproduce asexually when necessary, and normally they reproduce sexually.