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Carpetane Rock Lizard; Lagartija Carpetana

Iberolacerta cyreni

Description:

Male. Endemic to central Spain mountain heights between 1.600 y 2.500 m. The Carpetane rock lizard is a small lizard, up to 84 mm, with an exceptionally long tail (up to137 mm) almost twice the length of its body! While young lizards and many adult females are brown, adult males and some adult females are brilliant green, each stained with an irregular pattern of mottled black blotches, which become denser on the flanks, enclosing paler dots. The abdomen is whitish to bluish. Juveniles tend to

Habitat:

Rocks and alpine meadows at 1900 m. altitude. Parque Natural de Sierra de Gredos.

Notes:

Threatened by habitat loss. Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec.; f/16; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No Flash fired.

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2 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 8 years ago

Thanks Marek, there is one mission about reptiles, as far as I know

Marek Koszorek
Marek Koszorek 8 years ago

Nice color ;) I wonder if there is a mission for lizard spottings.

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

San Juan de Gredos, Castilla y León, Spain

Spotted on May 16, 2015
Submitted on Jun 9, 2015

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