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Large Psammodromus, lagartija colilarga

Psammodromus algirus

Description:

Adults reach up to 7.5 cm long (head-body). The tail is very long, two and three times the length of head-body. The back and sides scales are big, flat and point shaped. It usually presents bluff colour and two conspicuous white lines on both sides. Underside parts are white and with a weak green tinge. Males usually have one or two blue stains on the shoulders, when in mating season they have the neck and head sides coloured in orange. This small lizard can produce small shrieks

Habitat:

Pine tree and Holm oak forest

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2 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

Thanks Leuba

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

Would love to hear the small lizards ! Nice spotting, arlanda.

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Spotted on Jul 4, 2013
Submitted on Oct 19, 2013

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