We found that tail autotomy rates in M. atticolus are lower than in many other species with brightly colored tails, likely resulting from a small body size and fossorial habits. Autotomy rates were lower than expected by chance in the plot with lower mortality rates, suggesting a more ...
This blue-tailed lizard has a striking appearance. Its body size is generally more than five inches but less than nine, with short legs and a long tail that is an electric blue color. These lizards are common in the southeastern United States. The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at the Un...
1.Any of numerous squamate reptiles often classified in the suborder Lacertilia, characteristically having a scaly elongated body with a tapering tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and external ear openings. 2.Leather made from the skin of one of these reptiles. ...
Adult with a very long unbroken tail, San Diego County © Rick NafisAlligator lizards are good climbers, as you can see here. This large adult was found on a window screen in Los Angeles County. © Grace Macy This adult was found climbing up a security door in Orange County. © ...
Podarcis sicula klemmeri is bright blue (Figure 1c and 1d). Melanism is common in Mediterranean island lizards [95]. Our mainland populations, just opposite the island on Punta Licosa (40°15'06.15"N 14°54'19.68"E) are invariably normally-colored with the usual green back with white und...
Among the thousands of variants, there are also lizards with long hind legs that run as bipeds, others that glide with skin flaps extended as rudimentary wings, and even other species which have no limbs and move in the same manner as a snake. Males often display various types of ...
The drive down their small dirt road at sunset was spectacular, and as the clouds faded from bright orange to cooler hues of purple and blue, we began our plans for the next day. Tom had brought his daughters along for the trip, and after a day of hanging out with their grandfather ...
Males have blue on the throat and belly, and yellow and blue-green markings on the back and upper surfaces along with a wide purple stripe on the back. Some males appear to be blue all over the body. Males also have enlarged femoral pores and a swollen tail base. ...
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2.spiny lizard- any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America iguanid,iguanid lizard- lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males ...