Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Ground Lizard

Ameiva dorsalis

Description:

*see 'Notes'*

Notes:

Brownish body, Light Blue Tail, Forked Tongue, dwells on ground instead of climbing trees, and digs for insects using pointed noses and claws. (Very Bold lizards, some may even be aggressive)

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jamaican jungle runner
Ameiva dorsalis Ameiva dorsalis | The Reptile Database


Sign in to suggest organism ID

5 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

nice long Tail,

^_^ thanks, and they are pretty...pretty feisty

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Feisty looking lizard. Good one.

Oh I thought I did already, I'll just do it now

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Hey AndreNonotthatAndretheotheroneSmith... cool looking lizard.
Why don't you put SFraziers ID in. It looks right to me.

Jamaica

Spotted on Nov 13, 2011
Submitted on Nov 13, 2011

Related Spottings

Cope's ameiva Central American Ameiva Giant Ameiva Giant Ameiva

Nearby Spottings

Vervain Hummingbird Mourning Warbler Ground Dove (Zenaida Dove) Spotting
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team