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Delicate Whiptail or Delicate Ameiva

Ameiva leptophrys

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Field Notes

Description:

The Delicate Ameiva or Delicate Whiptail (Ameiva leptophrys) is a species of whiptail lizard found in Panama and Costa Rica to Colombia.

Brown coloured with dark-brown zig-zag lines running down each side.

Habitat:

Found in humid and very humid forest, but only primary forest.

Reference Links:

Delicate Ameiva - Ameiva leptophrys - Overview, Ameiva leptophrys, INBio. Species of Costa Rica -Ameiva leptophrys

Species ID Suggestions

Delicate Whiptail or Delicate Ameiva

Ameiva leptophrys

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PublishedSeptember 28, 2013

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