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This species is abundant in primary and sometimes secondary forests (regenerated after disturbance of the original forest vegetation by human or natural causes), at elevations between 80 and 1600 m. The Amazon broad-headed wood lizard is reported to be sympatric (occupying the same geographical area without interbreeding) with various species.
Tropidurus torquatus is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards. Its common name is Amazon lava lizard . [ 4 ] The species is endemic to South America .
horned wood lizard: northern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru Enyalioides peruvianus Köhler, 2003: Cenepa manticore: northern Peru Enyalioides praestabilis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881) blue-spotted wood lizard: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Enyalioides rubrigularis Torres-Carvajal, De Queiroz & Etheridge, 2009 [4] red-throated wood lizard ...
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Uracentron flaviceps, the tropical thornytail iguana or Amazon thornytail iguana is an elusive species of medium-sized arboreal lizard found in the tropical lowlands of the Amazon Rainforest. The species was described by French zoologist Alphone Guichenot in 1855. [ 3 ]
Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night. Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early night.
Ameiva ameiva, also known as the giant ameiva, green ameiva, South American ground lizard, or Amazon racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central and South America, and some Caribbean Islands.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, [1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.