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T. torquatus is a medium-sized lizard with a relatively large head. Its scales are overlapping. [5] The reproductively mature female ranges from 7 to 10 cm (2.8 to 3.9 in) snout-to-vent length (SVL). [6] One sample of adult males had a mean SVL of 8.68 cm (3.42 in), [7] while another found a mean SVL of 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in). [8]
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 ]
The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard [3] or yellow-spotted night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a species of night lizard (family Xantusiidae). [1] [2] The species is distributed from central Mexico, through Central America, south to Panama. It includes two subspecies. [2]
The largest night lizard is the yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophylum flavimaculatum) which attains a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12.69 cm (5.00 in) with a tail 1/3 times exceeding the body length.
Tropidurus hygomi J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1861 – Reinhardt's lava lizard; Tropidurus imbituba Kunz & Borges-Martins, 2013 [3] Tropidurus insulanus Rodrigues, 1987; Tropidurus itambere Rodrigues, 1987; Tropidurus jaguaribanus Passos, Lima & Borges-Nojosa, 2011 [4] Tropidurus lagunablanca A.L.G. Carvalho, 2016 [5]
The tropical girdled lizard is exported from Tanzania and Mozambique for the pet trade where it is commonly referred to as the “armadillo lizard” or “forest armadillo lizard or “Jones's armadillo lizard”. Tropical girdled lizards are not flattened like the true armadillo lizard (Ouroboros cataphractus) and do not grasp their tail and ...
Iguana (/ ɪ ˈ ɡ w ɑː n ə /, [4] [5] Spanish:) is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist J.N. Laurenti in 1768. [6]
The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania.It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tiktiki, chipkali [3] or moon lizard.