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| I love this little lizard. It eats bugs and poses no harm to anything else. |
I like all types of wildlife. I see lizards from time to time as I am birding or as they wander into our house. I don't plan to provide much text... just enjoy the lizards!
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| Tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) at Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Rwanda |
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| Usambara two-horned chameleon (Chamaeleo fischeri) in the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania |
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| A young Usambara two-horned chameleon that I picked up from the middle of the road and put into the vegetation. |
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| A species of chameleon in dry country outside of Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. |
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| Water monitor (Varanus niloticus) in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda |
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| Striped skink (Trachylepis striata) at Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Rwanda. It is funny that this picture is actually out in the nature park at ASYV because I see these skinks everywhere. They live just off the pathway that leads away from my house and they are everywhere, even venturing inside to eat bugs. |
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| Mwanza rock agama (Agama mwanzae) in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. The female is actually duller brown, again a form of sexual dimorphism. |
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| Red-headed agama (Agama agama) in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. |
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| I think this is a Tree agama (Acanthocercus atricollis), but I do not have a more definitive field guide nor did I get a look at whether it has a dimpled occipital scale on the crown of its head or not. Call me a bad lizard-watcher, but I have no idea what that is or how I would know if I saw it. Herpetologists, help! |
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| Basking is a behavior of reptiles to warm themselves up in the sun. |
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| How can you not love lizards? For sharp, scaly little critters, they sure are cute. |
