Big Lizard

An unnamed type of lunar creature, described as "a species of big lizards", existed on the moon in ancient times, before the establishment of the Council that organized the lives of moon denizens of the plant and animal kingdoms.

These savage reptilian brutes grew so large that they caused an ecological catastrophe, eating up practically all vegetable matter available. Any stem or leaf that managed to sprout from the ground was immediately gobbled up by these creatures. At some point, they became extinct, presumably as a result of eating up all their food supplies.

Appearances

 * Doctor Dolittle in the Moon, by Hugh Lofting (1928)