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In Ecuador. The Amazon broad-headed wood lizard has at least sixteen close relatives, most of them found in Amazonian rainforests, such as Red-eyed Dwarf-Iguana (Enyalioides oshaughnessyi), Blue-spotted Dwarf-Iguana (Enyalioides praestabilis), Red-throated Dwarf-Iguana (Enyalioides rubrigularis), Blue-throated Dwarf-Iguana (Enyalioides microlepis), and Spiny Dwarf-Iguana (Enyalioides heterolepis).
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 .
The male is usually much larger than the female, and his body is more brightly coloured and distinctly patterned. The typical size of Tropidurus lizards varies greatly from habitat to habitat as does the pattern of body markings, even among individuals of the same species. Like many lizards, they show changes of colour with mood and temperature.
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 ...
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.
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 ]
Iphisa is a genus of the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is monotypic, meaning that it has only one species, Iphisa elegans, and its common name is the glossy shade lizard. I. elegans is native to the Amazon and is typically found in regions of South America, centrally located in the Amazon Basin.
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