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The parietal eye is found in the tuatara, most lizards, frogs, salamanders, certain bony fish, sharks, and lampreys (a kind of jawless fish). It is absent in mammals, but was present in their closest extinct relatives, the therapsids.
There are some animal species with three eyes. Third eye is a part of the epithalamus present in some animal species. Third eye also known as Parietal eye Pineal eye. lizard like animal tuatara
The tuatara, found only in New Zealand, is a lizard like reptile having three eyes. The third eye comes from a gland attached to the brain known as pineal body.
The tuatara, found only in New Zealand, is a lizard like reptile having three eyes.