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Prairie Racerunner

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis

Photo by ChristyKucera
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

very light blue to white belly, with mildly green sides and a light striped pattern to his back

Habitat:

found close to a small, rocky creek railway basking in the hot summer sun on a piece of roofing shingle.

Notes:

this lizard was very cute and completely unaffraid of me or my camera!!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ChristyKucera
Oh, ok thanks, it was hard to tell with his stripes being so faint.
MitchRay
One minor suggestion, I believe you have the Prairie Racerunner there, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis
MitchRay
Great photo, I always have a hard time getting decent photo ops of this genus

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PublishedApril 27, 2011

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